The Historical Background of Captain John Smiths Travels

This book describes the historical background for the Adventures of Captain John Smith. I felt that it was really necessary to write this from the documented historical happenings that transpired centuries before this particular time in history. This gives the backdrop of the origins of the ancestral tribes that settled in these particular regions of Europe. Throughout the history of Europe, there have been several changes, through invasions, that made up the permanent changes that came afterwards. I personally examined the ancient history of the origins of the peopling of Europe. I felt, that during his adventures throughout his early life, in travelling through Europe was interesting enough to actually analyse, the way life really was, especially his adventures in Transylvania. He described in exact detail taken from his notes, who the Saxons were, the origins of the Hungarians, Slavs, etc. However, the origins of the “Indo-European” invasions into Europe are vague, for the standpoint that the earlier Neolithic, and Bronze Age eras have no written history of where they came from. The only thing that links them to the present day Nuclear Age is the link to Indo-European languages that have evolved. The only things we have to go on are artifacts found in and amongst grave sites. The Adventures of Captain John Smith obtained excellent notes taken from his diaries. This tells me about the character references during the 16th century. This is one of the few biographies that actually let me discover how life really was. Rarely do you ever read a character reference of different geographical areas with full details, on what they said and did. I analyzed the situations that he went through in his excursions throughout the Chesapeake Bay area, and how he dealt with the American Indians. This showed me how they really were. The American Indians have a fascinating background also, stemming back millenniums, ago, before and during the Wisconsin Ice Age. This also depicts how these tribes in the Virginia area survived. The Indians were clean. The Europeans did not bathe. The Europeans were during the latter 16th century into the 17th century overcoming the dreaded Black Death. (Bubonic Plague). This is very important, because now there is a reference of material that can be used for historical purposes. Arthur R. Bauman