3. John Smith, Pocahontas, and Jamestown (2011)

Investigate the varied life of Captain John Smith, a prototypical Englishman in an age of expansion. After a career as a mercenary fighting Turks, he was assigned to the London Company's venture to Virginia, where he helped found Jamestown and was famously saved by Pocahontas' story he may have fabricated.

Release date: 2011-01-15