John Rolfe

A posthumous painting of John Rolfe and [[Pocahontas]] made {{circa|1850}} John Rolfe ( – March 1622) was an English explorer, farmer and merchant. He is best known for being the husband of Pocahontas and the first settler in the colony of Virginia to successfully cultivate a tobacco crop for export.

Rolfe was born in Heacham, Norfolk. He played a crucial role in the Virginia Colony's early economy by introducing a sweeter strain of tobacco from Trinidad, which became a profitable cash crop. Rolfe married Pocahontas, daughter of Native American leader Powhatan, and they had a son named Thomas. Rolfe and Pocahontas traveled to England in 1616 to promote colonization and investment in Virginia. After Pocahontas died, Rolfe returned to Virginia and continued working with tobacco. The tobacco strain cultivated by Rolfe laid the foundation for Virginia's thriving tobacco industry. Provided by Wikipedia
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    Monkey business : swinging through the Wall Street jungle /
    by Rolfe, John
    Published 2000
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    Bo Jackson /
    by Rolfe, John
    Published 1991
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  3. 3
    Jim Abbott /
    by Rolfe, John
    Published 1991
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    Petition of John Rolfe for permission to marry Pocahontas /
    by Rolfe, John, 1585-1622
    Published 1930
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    A true relation of the State of Virginia lefte by Sir Thomas Dale, knight, in May last 1616.
    by Rolfe, John, 1585-1622
    Published 1971
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    Michael Jordan /
    by Berger, Phil
    Published 1992
    Other Authors: “...Rolfe, John...”
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    Ammianus Marcellinus /
    by Ammianus Marcellinus
    Published 1982
    Other Authors: “...Rolfe, John Carew, 1859-1943...”
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    Sallust /
    by Sallust, 86 B.C.-34 B.C
    Published 1921
    Other Authors: “...Rolfe, John Carew, 1859-1943...”
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  9. 9
    Suetonius,
    Other Authors: “...Rolfe, John Carew, 1859-1943...”
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  10. 10
    The Attic nights of Aulus Gellius /
    by Gellius, Aulus
    Published 1946
    Other Authors: “...Rolfe, John Carew, 1859-1943...”
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    Suetonius /
    Other Authors: “...Rolfe, John Carew, 1859-1943...”
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    Cornelii Nepotis Vitae ; the Lives of Cornelius Nepos /
    by Nepos, Cornelius
    Published 1894
    Other Authors: “...Rolfe, John Carew, 1859-1943...”
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    Ammianus Marcellinus /
    by Ammianus Marcellinus
    Published 1971
    Other Authors: “...Rolfe, John Carew, 1859-1943...”
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  14. 14
    Choice modelling and the transfer of environmental values /
    Published 2006
    Other Authors: “...Rolfe, John, 1959-...”
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  15. 15
    Sermones et epistulae /
    by Horace
    Published 1976
    Other Authors: “...Rolfe, John Carew, 1859-1943...”
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  16. 16
    De iure belli libri tres /
    by Gentili, Alberico, 1552-1608
    Published 1933
    Other Authors: “...Rolfe, John Carew, 1859-1943...”
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    Classical Studies in honor of John C. Rolfe /
    Published 1967
    Other Authors: “...Rolfe, John Carew, 1859-1943...”
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    Quintus Curtius [History of Alexander] /
    by Curtius Rufus, Quintus
    Published 1956
    Other Authors: “...Rolfe, John Carew, 1859-1943...”
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    History of Alexander /
    by Curtius Rufus, Quintus
    Published 1946
    Other Authors: “...Rolfe, John Carew, 1859-1943...”
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    A trve discovrse of the present estate of Virginia : and the successe of the affaires there till the 18 of Iune, 1614. Together. With a relation of the seuerall English townes and forts, the assured hopes of that countrie and the peace concluded with the Indians. The christening of Powhatans daughter and her mariage with an English-man /
    Other Authors: “...Rolfe, John, 1585-1622...”
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