Document 2.3 Simon van de Passe, Engraving of Pocahontas, 1616

Simon van de Passe | Engraving of Pocahontas, 1616

Simon van de Passe created this portrait of Pocahontas during her visit to England in 1616. The engraving was commissioned by the Virginia Company as a way to market settlement in Jamestown. It was the only depiction of Pocahontas drawn from life because she died in London the following year. This engraving was copied, though not always accurately, many times during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

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