Naval Captain Who Captured Pocahontas and Expanded Trade

Naval Captain Who Captured Pocahontas and Expanded Trade

Samuel Argall

An English sea captain, navigator, and colonial official. He served as deputy governor and governor of the Virginia Colony, pioneered a shorter route to Jamestown, and is known as the figure who captured Pocahontas in 1613. He was also involved in attacks on the French colony of Acadia, an expedition to North Africa, and naval combat off the French coast.

Timeline

Category
Element
Year Samuel Argall
1580
Birth of Samuel Argall (Period: Baptized December 4, 1580 (theories place his birth year around 1572 or 1580))
1596
Knighthood (Age: 15 years old, Period: 1596)
1609
First Anglo-Powhatan War (Age: 28 years old, Period: 1609–1614)
Discovery of a Shortened Route to Virginia (Age: 28 years old, Period: 1609)
Food Relief for Jamestown (Age: 28 years old, Period: Summer 1609)
First Voyage to Virginia (Age: 28 years old, Period: 1609)
Encounter with a Spanish Reconnaissance Ship (Age: 28 years old, Period: July 1609)
1610
Jamestown Relief Voyage (Age: 29 years old, Period: 1610)
Naming of Delaware Bay (Age: 29 years old, Period: 1610)
Jamestown Relief (Age: 29 years old, Period: June 1610)
1612
Procurement of Food along the Potomac River (Age: 31 years old, Period: 1612–1613)
1613
Anglo-French Colonial Competition in North America and the Acadia Expedition (Age: 32 years old, Period: 1613)
Negotiations Concerning Pocahontas (Age: 32 years old, Period: 1613–1614)
Attack on Saint-Sauveur in Acadia (Age: 32 years old, Period: 1613)
Attacks on Sainte-Croix and Port-Royal (Age: 32 years old, Period: 1613)
Visit to Manhattan (Age: 32 years old, Period: 1613)
Acadia Expedition (Age: 32 years old, Period: 1613)
Capture of Pocahontas (Age: 32 years old, Period: April 13, 1613)
1617
Accusations as Governor of Virginia (Age: 36 years old, Period: 1617–1619)
Deputy Governor of the Virginia Colony (Age: 36 years old, Period: Around 1617)
1618
Return to England (Samuel Argall) and Investigation into Accusations (Age: 37 years old, Period: 1618–1619)
1620
Expedition to Algiers in North Africa (Age: 39 years old, Period: 1620)
Participation in the Algiers Expedition (Age: 39 years old, Period: 1620)
1625
Naval Combat off the French Coast (Age: 44 years old, Period: 1625)
Command of the French Coast Fleet (Age: 44 years old, Period: 1625)
Attack on Cádiz (Age: 44 years old, Period: October 1625)
Cádiz Expedition (Age: 44 years old, Period: October 1625)
1626
Death of Samuel Argall (Age: 45 years old, Period: Around January 24, 1626)
Death at Sea (Samuel Argall, Age: 45 years old, Period: Around January 24, 1626)
Death at Sea (Age: 45 years old, Period: Around January 24, 1626)
Unknown
Marriage (Samuel Argall, None, Period: Not Applicable)

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Colonial settlement John Smith Christopher Newport George Percy Edward Maria Wingfield Thomas Gates Samuel Argall William Strachey
Bacon's Rebellion Nathaniel Bacon William Berkeley William Drummond Richard Lawrence Thomas Hansford Joseph Ingram
The Washington family Augustine Warner Jr. Lawrence Washington Augustine Washington Sr. George Washington John Washington
North Carolina Early Settlers John Lawson Thomas Cary Edward Hyde John Jenkins John Culpeper
Virginia politician George Washington Patrick Henry Thomas Jefferson Richard Henry Lee Francis Lightfoot Lee Peyton Randolph George Mason IV

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