Title: A true discourse of the present estate of Virginia
First published: 1617
Description: This book is about the Jamestown colony in Virginia from about 1609 until 1614.  Ralph Hamor, or Hamer or Hammer, was a Captain in that colony and was instrumental in the marriage between John Rolfe and Pocahontas.  He wrote about life in the new world, with descriptions of the relationships with the Native Americans, of the town which was built during the time he was there and the surrounding countryside.
Subjects: History, Early works to 1800, Discovery and exploration, Indians of North America
Places: Virginia, America
People: Pocahontas (d. 1617), Powhatan (ca. 1550-1618), John Smith (1580-1631), John Rolfe
Time periods: Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
LC classification: F229 .H2 1615aa