So which historical figure connects Pocahontas to Elizabeth Bathory? Did you guess it? Don't worry if you didn't, it's a strange and unexpected connection. 6th January 1580, birth of English explorer John Smith, leader of the Virginia Colony and one of the establishers of the colony at Jamestown, Virginia. (The Jamestown settlement would be destroyed by a fire on 7th January 1608). Smith also became the first English explorer to map the coast of New England. Smith recorded in 1616, that nine years previously in December 1607, he was captured by the Powhatan Indians, and met their chief, his life being spared by the chief’s daughter Pocahontas. In his earlier life Smith fought in Hungary against the Turks, legend says that he dueled and killed three Ottoman challengers in single-combat. For his service he was knighted by the Prince of Transylvania Sigismund Báthory, a relative of the "Blood Countess" Elizabeth Bathory. #historymystery #historymysteries #newenglandhistory #johnsmith #jamestownsettlement #strangehistory #weirdhistory #macabrehistory #hiddenhistory #historicalmystery #historicalmysteries #pocahontas #powhatan #ottamanempire #transylvanian #16thcentury #elizabethbathory #countessbathory #darkhistory #oddhistory #jamestown #jamestowndiscovery #historicalstories #historicalstory https://www.instagram.com/p/CJ3gxV8nq9p/?igshid=84th3a6wm2yn
