Jamestown - History Lab https://historylab.es Fri, 20 May 2022 16:07:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg Jamestown - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 Total War: Empire https://historylab.es/total-war-empire/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=total-war-empire Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:27:35 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/total-war-empire/ Real-time tactics and turn-based strategy video game from the Total War series, set in the 18th century

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]]> The video game is the fifth title in the Total War series. As in the previous titles, the player must choose a faction and try to dominate Europe, North Africa and America, through military force, politics, diplomacy, espionage and economic development. It is the first game in the series to allow you to conduct naval battles in real time. It includes a campaign to direct the development of the USA from the settlement of Jamestown to the Revolutionary War, as well as re-enactments of historic battles from the 18th century.

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]]> The New World https://historylab.es/the-new-world/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-new-world Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:27:23 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/el-nuevo-mundo/ Film depicting the landing of the English in North America and the founding of Jamestown in Virginia.

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]]> In 1607, three English ships financed by the London Virginia Company cross the Atlantic in search of treasure they believe to be in the New World. They reach land near the James River in Virginia and found the settlement of Jamestown. Because of their aristocratic origins, the settlers have great difficulty surviving, while their dream of finding gold is extinguished. Captain John Smith organises an expedition, but the Powhatan tribesmen attack them, killing all except Smith. The natives take him to their village and there he meets the chief’s daughter, Pocahontas, who teaches him the culture and customs of her people. A few months later, loaded with enough food to ensure the settlers’ survival through the winter, he returns to the Jamestown settlement. The following spring, Chief Powhatan discovers that the settlers intend to stay and prepares for war. However, Pocahontas alerts Smith to her father’s plans, and when the attack fails, Powhatan realises that his daughter has betrayed him and banishes her forever.

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