Pocahontas saving the life of John Smith
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Item data
Title
Pocahontas saving the life of John Smith
Collection
Wallach Division Picture Collection
American History -- 1601s-1610s
Names
Lossing & Barritt (Wood engraver)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1905
Library Location
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC AME-16
Subjects
Smith, John, 1580-1631
Pocahontas, d. 1617
United States -- 1600-1699
Powhatan, ca. 1550-1618
Algonquian Indians -- Virginia -- 1600-1609
Explorers -- English -- Virginia -- 1600-1609
Rescues
Courage
Genres
Notes
Source Note: Harper''s encyclopaedia of United States history from 458 A.D. to 1905. (New York : Harper, c1905) Lossing, Benson John (1813-1891), Author.
Physical Description
Wood engravings
Extent: 11 x 11 cm (4 1/4 x 4 1/4 in.)
Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17613286
Barcode: 33333159302120
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 82a8f3d0-c52f-012f-c388-58d385a7bc34
Rights
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1905
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MLA format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Pocahontas saving the life of John Smith" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1905. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/82a8f3d0-c52f-012f-c388-58d385a7bc34
APA format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1905). Pocahontas saving the life of John Smith Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/82a8f3d0-c52f-012f-c388-58d385a7bc34
Chicago/Turabian Format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Pocahontas saving the life of John Smith" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 7, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/82a8f3d0-c52f-012f-c388-58d385a7bc34
Wikipedia citation
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