“As Geography without history seemeth a carkasse so history without Geography

wandreth as a vagrant without a certain habitation.”-John Smith- Ever wonder where

our home began? Who created it and who was he or she? History has been found and

recorded to explain all of this and it was even good enough that Disney wanted a part of

it too. However there are many differences between the movie and the history and also

some information from Smiths own writing as well.

According to the Association of the Preservation of Virginias website, on May

14,1607, the Virginia Company explorers landed on Jamestown Island to establish the

Virginia English colony on the banks of the James River, 60 miles from the mouth of

the Chesapeake Bay. …show more content…
In the Disney movie, Pocahontas, John Smith and the Virginia Company men

sail over to Jamestown. Along the journey, the men get along quite well. When they

finally arrive, Smith goes off to explore and falls in love with Pocahontas, daughter of

Powhatan almost immediately. The president notices him leave and sends a boy by the

name of Thomas to follow in the shadows. Pocahontas was to be married to Kokoum but

she was in love with Captain John Smith. Pocahontas’ friend told Kokoum she was in

trouble and when he found Smith, he attacked. As Thomas sneaked through the woods,

he saw Captain John Smith struggling and fired his weapon, killing Kokoum. As the tribe

of Indians appeared, Thomas hid in the shadows and John smith was taken captive. Later

on, he was going to be killed, but when the time came, Pocahontas came to his rescue

and her father said that if his daughter was friends with John Smith, then he would make

peace with the new settlers at Jamestown. Smith later went home to England because

of his wound and asked Pocahontas to come with, but she chose to stay with her family

where she was needed (Gabriel and