He named his most famous discovery "Orinoco," possibly in honor of a man who had traveled to Guiana in search of El Dorado.
This man's wife, Sarah Hacker, and daughter, Bermuda, were buried at the Bermuda Colony. Samuel Argall told this man that he should not take his son aboard the ship George. This man's son, Thomas, inherited what is now called "Smith's Fort" in Surry County, and at one point petitioned the governor that he be allowed to visit his aunt "Cleopatra." He named his most famous discovery "Orinoco," possibly in honor of a man who had traveled to Guiana in search of El Dorado. This man built his plantation, Varina Farms, across the river from Sir Thomas Dale at Henricus, and he was killed in 1622 when the forces of Opechancanough attacked. In 1614, he (*) married a woman renamed "Rebecca" who was the daughter of Chief Powhatan. For 10 points, name this Virginia tobacco planter who married Pocahontas.
This man's wife, Sarah Hacker, and daughter, Bermuda, were buried at the Bermuda Colony.
John Rolfe