Postcard Thursday: Pocahontas

Pocahontas (Rebecca Rolfe) in 1616

What does Pocahontas have to do with New York City, you may ask. More than you might think, since the image above -- drawn in 1616 when she was in England -- was widely distributed and altered European views of what North America was like.

But the reason we're highlighting it today is that James had a travel story in the New York Post on Tuesday about visiting Jamestown, Virginia. You can read it at http://nypost.com/2016/10/18/uncover-the-400-year-old-secrets-of-pocahontas/

* * * * Read more about NYC history in   Footprints in New York: Tracing the Lives of Four Centuries of New Yorkers Inside the Apple: A Streetwise History of New York City