John Smith: A Career As A Role Model

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12 Octobor 2015

Life About John Smith
John smith was a explorer born in January 1580, Willoughby, United Kingdom and died at June 21, 1631, London, United Kingdom. When he was young he attended school like other boys in that time but when he turned 13 he decided to become sailer. But father wanted that John smith become apprentice. In 1596 when his father passed out , he stasted to sail for france, Two years later, he sailed on Mediterranean Sea as a sailor on a (merchant)ship. On 1600 he joined Austrian millitary to fight against the Turks in long war, he was promoted when he was fighting in Hungary. When He was fighting in Transylvania in 1602 he got injured in battle and capured. As a result he got captured and sold to slave to the turk.
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And this turk send John smith to his lover in Istanbul. But smith was smart , smith send him a letter that said I(she) fall in love with a gut u sent to me. and Send him himself to her brother for training to join Turkish imperial service. And he told him some fake story and it worked out pretty well. After He traveled Europe and Northern Africa before came to England in year of 1604-05. While he was in England he involed a lot at planning colonizing virgina for profit. On Dec. 20, 1606 he became one of member in fleet of three ships. That voyage took 4 months with mutiny with leader “Captain Christopher Newport“ Smith was prisoner when they arrived at Virginia at April 1607, but he was realed when other colony leaders opened Kwon 2

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