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John Rolfe (circa 1585 – 1622) was een Brits ontdekkingsreiziger en een van de eerste Britse kolonisten in Noord-Amerika. Hij is vooral bekend als de echtgenoot van de indiaanse vrouw Pocahontas en het feit dat hij erin slaagde tabak te verbouwen op de plantages van de Britse kolonie in Virginia, zodat dit als exportproduct kon worden gebruikt.
11. Juni 2018 · John Rolfe. John Rolfe (1585-1622) was an English colonist who settled in Jamestown, Va., and pioneered in the cultivation of tobacco. John Rolfe was born in the spring of 1585, the descendant of an old Norfolk family. His emigration to Virginia in 1609 was interrupted by a shipwreck on the newly discovered island of Bermuda.
Pocahontas married John Rolfe in 1614, and no other records even hint at any previous husband, so some have suggested that Strachey was mistakenly referring to Rolfe himself, with the reference being later misunderstood as one of Powhatan's officers. Marriage to John Rolfe John Gadsby Chapman, The Baptism of Pocahontas (1840).
2. Apr. 2024 · After being taken hostage by the English, Pocahontas married John Rolfe, a distinguished settler, in April 1614. Following the marriage, peace prevailed between the English and the Native Americans as long as Chief Powhatan lived. According to Powhatan tradition and the account of one colonist, Pocahontas was previously married to a Powhatan ...
29. Okt. 2009 · Marriage to John Rolfe . This Day In History: 04/05/1614 - Pocahontas Weds John Rolfe. During her imprisonment, Pocahontas met widower and tobacco planter John Rolfe. The couple decided to marry ...
16. Feb. 2021 · John Rolfe (1585-1622) était un marchand anglais et un colon de Jamestown surtout connu en tant qu'époux de Pocahontas (c. 1596-1617). Il est également connu pour sa culture réussie du tabac en Virginie, qui fit de cette culture l'exportation la plus lucrative des premières colonies anglaises d'Amérique du Nord.
Pocahontas [ˈpɒkəˌhɒntəs] („die Verspielte“, „die, die alles durcheinanderbringt“; * um 1595 in Virginia; † März 1617 in Gravesend, südöstlich von London; eigentlich Matoaka, später verheiratet Rebecca Rolfe) wurde als Lieblingstochter eines Algonkinhäuptlings zur Vermittlerin zwischen den Stämmen der Virginia-Algonkin und den englischen Kolonisten.
