The generall historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles : with the names of the adventurers, planters, and governours from their first beginning, ano. 1584, to this present 1624 : with the proceedings of those severall colonies and the accidents that befell them in all their journyes and discoveries : also the maps and descriptions of all those countryes, their commodities, people, government, customes, and religion yet knowne : divided into sixe bookes / by Captaine Iohn Smith sometymes governour in those countryes & admirall of New England..

Engraved title page includes map of the east coast of North America from Cape Fear to Penobscot Bay, portraits of "Elizabetha Regina", "Iacobus Rex", and "Carlous Princeps"; engraved by John Barra; the 1st state, with the head of Prince Charles uncrowned.
Printed by John Dawson and John Haviland. Cf. ESTC.
In regard to the probably cause of the hiatus in the paging (p. 97-104) see Edward Arber's edition of Smith's works, 1884, p. 409.
"Owing to the various states of the title-pages, plates, portraits, and maps, few copies are identically alike"--Church.
Folded plates include the map of "Ould Virginia", engraved by Robert Vaughan; map of Virginia, engraved by William Hole; map of New England, engraved by Simon van de Passe; and the map of "The Summer Ils."
Maps: Library's copy has state 2 of 4 of the map of "Ould Virginia", with trees and additional place names but without name "Iames Reeve" as printer in the panel at lower right; state 4 of 10 of William Hole's map of Virginia, with addition of motto "Vicnere est viuiere" under Smith's arms, but without "Tauerners roade" added above "Chesapeake Bay"; state 1 of 3 of the map of "The Summer Ils", without the addition of "Penistons Redoute" in panel "G" and the Printer's name in "N"; state 4 of 9 of Simon van de Passe's map of New England, with the motto "Vincere est Viuere" added at lower left but before the addition of "Paynes Ils" above "Cape Elizabeth." Cf. Sabin.
Library's copy includes the portrait of the Duchesses of Richmond and Lenox (to whom the work was dedicated), engraved by Willem de Passe and dated 1623, but lacks the original engraved portrait of Matoaka (Pocahontas) by Simon van de Passe; these two engraved portraits were issued separately and inserted into some copies of the book; for details on various states, consult Sabin.
Signatures: pi1, )(², A-N⁴, P-2I⁴.