File:Detail of 1608 Smith Map showing the Patawomeck River.jpg

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English: In 1608, Captain John Smith explored the river now known as the Potomac and made drawings of his observations which were later compiled into a map and published in London in 1612. This detail from that map shows his rendition of the river that the local tribes told him was called the "Patawomeck".
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Source http://www.virtualjamestown.org/maps1.html
Author Captain John Smith

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