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===Promoter of North American colonization=== {{one source|section|date=August 2019}} [[File:Capt John Smith's map of Virginia 1624.jpg|thumb|right|270px|Smith's map of Virginia from ''[[The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles]]'', 1624]] One of Smith's main incentives in writing about his New World experiences and observances was to promote English colonization. Lemay claims that many promotional writers sugar-coated their depictions of America in order to heighten its appeal, but he argues that Smith was not one to exaggerate the facts. He argues that Smith was very straightforward with his readers about both the dangers and the possibilities of colonization. Instead of proclaiming that there was an abundance of gold in the New World, as many writers did, Smith illustrated that there was abundant monetary opportunity in the form of industry.{{sfn|Lemay|1991|p=80}} Lemay argues that no motive except wealth would attract potential colonists away from "their ease and humours at home".<ref>Smith, John. "A Description of New England". ''The Heath Anthology of American Literature''. Ed. Paul Lauter. 6th Edition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 2009 [1616]. p. 282</ref> "Therefore, he presented in his writings actual industries that could yield significant capital within the New World: fishing, farming, shipbuilding, and fur trading".{{sfn|Lemay|1991|p=91}} Smith insists, however, that only hard workers would be able to reap the benefits of wealth which the New World afforded. He did not understate the dangers and toil associated with colonization. He declared that only those with a strong work ethic would be able to "live and succeed in America" in the face of such dangers.{{sfn|Lemay|1991|p=81}}
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