The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700

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Pocahontas (c. 1596 - Mar 1617)

Alias Matoaka
Alias Amonute

Captured and held for ransom by English Colonists in 1613. Married tobacco planter John Rolfe in April 1614 and bore their son Thomas Rolfe in January 1615. Dictionary of National Biography entry: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/22418 Other biography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocahontas Relevant locations: Birth place in Tsenacommacah, Virginia
Lived at or near Tsenacommacah, Virginia
 Relationships: Pocahontas was a daughter of Powhatan (c. 1545-1618)

John Smith (bap. 1580-d. 1631) was a associate or acquaintance (general) of Pocahontas
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