biography
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| male
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| lived:
| (fl.1609–24)
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| biography:
| Sea-captain and adventurer, born in England. He pioneered a northerly route for sailing from England to Virginia (1609–10). In 1612 he abducted and detained Pocahontas (who later married John Rolfe) to ensure safety from Indian raids, and the next year eradicated a French Jesuit colony on Mount Desert Island in Maine. He also served what was considered an unsatisfactory term as deputy governor of Virginia (1617–19). |
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