Excerpt from A Description of New England, or the Observations and Discoveries of Captain John Smith (Admiral of That Country) In the North of America, in the Year of Our Lord 1614: With the Success of Six Ships That Went the Next Year, 1615, and the Accidents That Befell Him Among the French Men-of-War Olonlal tracts, issued monthly, is designed to offer in convenient form and at a reasonable price some of the more valuable pamphlets relating to the early history of America which have hitherto been inaccessible to the general public, although of so much importance to the historical student. Single numbers at 25 cents each, or by the year, in advance, may be ordered through any book seller, from the publisher, George P. Humphrey, 25 Exchange Street, Rochester, N. Y., or Gay 81 Bird, 22 Bedford Street, Strand, London, W. C., England, agents for England and the Colonies. The number for June will contain New England's Trials. Declaring the success of eighty ships employed thither within these eight years; and the benefit of that country by sea and land. With the present estate of that happy planta tion, begun but by sixty weak men in the year 1620, and how to build a fleet of good ships to make a little navy royal. Writ ten by Captain John Smith, sometimes governor of Virginia, and admiral of New England. The second edition, London printed by William Jones, 1622. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.