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==Publications== John Smith published eight volumes during his life. The following lists the first edition of each volume and the pages on which it is reprinted in {{harvnb|Arber|1910}}: # {{cite book|title=A true relation of such occurrences and accidents of noate as hath hapned in Virginia since the first planting of that collony, which is now resident in the south part thereof, till the last returne from thence|location=London|publisher=Printed for Iohn Tappe, and are to bee solde at the Greyhound in Paules-Church-yard, by W.W.|year=1608}} Quarto. {{harvnb|Arber|1910|pp=I:1β40}}. First attributed to "a Gentleman of the said Collony." then to "Th. Watson" and finally (in 1615) to Smith.{{sfn|Seccombe|1910|p=xxvii}} A digitized version is hosted at [http://www.virtualjamestown.org/exist/cocoon/jamestown/fha/J1007 Project Jamestown]. Another was prepared for the [http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/J1007.html etext library of the University of Virginia]. # {{cite book|title=A map of Virginia: VVith a description of the countrey, the commodities, people, government and religion. VVritten by Captaine Smith, sometimes governour of the countrey. Whereunto is annexed the proceedings of those colonies, since their first departure from England, with the discourses, orations, and relations of the salvages, and the accidents that befell them in all their iournies and discoveries. Taken faithfully as they were written out of the writings of Doctor Russell. Tho. Studley. Anas Todkill. Ieffra Abot. Richard Wiefin. Will. Phettiplace. Nathaniel Povvell. Richard Pots. And the relations of divers other diligent observers there present then, and now many of them in England|location=Oxford|publisher=Printed by Joseph Barnes|year=1612}} Quarto. {{harvnb|Arber|1910|pp=I:41β174}} Edited by W[illiam] S[immonds]. An abridged edition was printed in {{harvnb|Purchas|1625|pp=IV:1691β1704}}. # {{cite book|title=A description of New England: or The obseruations, and discoueries, of Captain Iohn Smith (admirall of that country) in the north of America, in the year of our Lord 1614: with the successe of sixe ships, that went the next yeare 1615; and the accidents befell him among the French men of warre: with the proofe of the present benefit this countrey affoords: whither this present yeare, 1616, eight voluntary ships are gone to make further tryall|location=London|publisher=Printed by Humfrey Lownes, for Robert Clerke|year=1616}} Quarto. {{harvnb|Arber|1910|pp=I:175β232}} This volume was translated into German and published in Frankfurt in 1617.{{sfn|Seccombe|1910|p=xxvii}} A digitized copy is hosted by [http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/etas/4/ the Digital Commons of the University of NebraskaβLincoln]. # {{cite book|title=Nevv Englands trials: Declaring the successe of 26. ships employed thither within these sixe yeares: with the benefit of that countrey by sea and land: and how to build threescore sayle of good ships, to make a little navie royall|location=London|publisher=Printed by VVilliam Iones|year=1620}} Quarto. {{harvnb|Arber|1910|pp=I:233β248}}. This volume contained some of the material from ''A Description of New-England''. A new and somewhat expanded "second edition" was printed in 1622, also by William Jones.{{sfn|Seccombe|1910|p=xvii}} {{harvnb|Arber|1910|pp=I:249β272}} # {{cite book|title=The Generall Historie of Virginia, New England, and the Summer isles: with the names of the Adventurers, Planters, and Governours from their first beginning, Ano: 1584, to this present 1624. With the Proceedings of those Severall Colonies and the Accidents that befell them in all their Journyes and Discoveries. Also the Maps and Descriptions of all those Countryes, their Commodities, people, Government, Customes, and Religion yet knowne. Divided into sixe Bookes|location=London|publisher=Printed by I.D. and I.H. for Michael Sparkes|year=1624}} Folio. {{harvnb|Arber|1910|pp=I:273β38; II:385β784}}. The work was republished in 1726, 1727 and 1732.{{sfn|Seccombe|1910|p=xxvii}} # {{cite book|title=An accidence or The path-way to experience: Necessary for all young sea-men, or those that are desirous to goe to sea, briefly shewing the phrases, offices, and words of command, belonging to the building, ridging, and sayling, a man of warre; and how to manage a fight at sea. Together with the charge and duty of every officer, and their shares: also the names, vveight, charge, shot, and powder, of all sorts of great ordnance. With the vse of the petty tally|location=London|publisher=Printed [by Nicholas Okes] for Ionas Man, and Benjamin Fisher|year=1626}} Octavo. {{harvnb|Arber|1910|pp=II:785β804}}. In the following year the work was enlarged probably by another hand{{sfn|Seccombe|1910|p=xxviii}} as {{cite book|title=A sea grammar: vvith the plaine exposition of Smiths Accidence for young sea-men, enlarged. Diuided into fifteene chapters: what they are you may partly conceiue by the contents|location=London|publisher=Printed by Iohn Hauiland|year=1627}} That same year another printing of ''An Accidence'' was also made for Jonas Man and Benjamin Fisher. In 1653 this work, under the title ''A Sea Grammar'', was entirely recast and substantially enlarged by "B.F."{{sfn|Arber|1910|p=I:cxxxi}} # {{cite book|title=The true travels, adventures, and observations of Captaine Iohn Smith, in Europe, Asia, Affrica, and America from Anno Domini 1593 to 1629: his accidents and sea-fights in the Straights: his service and strategems of warre in Hungaria, Transilvania, Wallachia, and Moldavia, against the Turks, and Tartars: his three single combats betwixt the Christian Armie and the Turks : after how he taken prisoner by the Turks, sold for a slave, sent into Tartarias: his description of the Tartars, their strange manners and customes of religions, diets, buildings, warres, feasts, ceremonies, and living: how hee flew the Bashaw of Nalbrits in Cambia, and escaped from the Turkes and Tatars: together with a continuation of his Generall history of Virginia, Summer-Iles, New England, and their proceedings, since 1624 to this present 1629: as also of the new plantations of the great river of the Amazons, the iles of St. Christopher, Mevis, and Barbados in the West Indies / all written by actuall authors, whose names you shall finde along the history|location=London|publisher=Printed by J.H. for Thomas Slater|year=1630}} Folio. {{harvnb|Arber|1910|pp=II:805β916}}. Five years before the publication a shorter version of this autobiography was published in {{harvnb|Purchas|1625|pp=II:1361β1370}} in a chapter entitled "The Trauels and Aduentures of Captaine I<small>OHN</small> S<small>MITH</small> in diuers parts of the world, begun about the yeere 1596." # {{cite book|title=Advertisements for the unexperienced planters of New-England, or any where, or, The path-way to experience to erect a plantation: with the yearely proceedings of this country in fishing and planting, since the yeare 1614. to the yeare 1630. and their present estate: also how to prevent the greatest inconveniences, by their proceedings in Virginia, and other plantations, by approved examples : with the countries armes, a description of the coast, harbours, habitations, land-markes, latitude and longitude: with the map, allowed by our royall King Charles|location=London|publisher=Printed by I. Havilland|year=1631}} Quarto. {{harvnb|Arber|1910|pp=II:917β966}}.
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