num_pages: 491
description: In The Virginia Adventure, Noel Hume turns his attention to the two earliest English settlements in Virginia, Roanoke and James Towne, with fascinating results. Combining information gathered through excavations of the sites with contemporary accounts from journals, letters, and official records of the period, the author illuminates the exploits of Sir Walter Raleigh, Captain John Smith, and Powhatan; the life and death of Pocahontas; and the dissapearance of the Roanoke colony.
language: English
title: The Virginia Adventure: Roanoke to James Towne
titlecomplete: The Virginia Adventure: Roanoke to James Towne (The Virginia Bookshelf Series)
genres: History, Archaeology, American History, 17th Century, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 75
publisher: University of Virginia Press