Capt. John Smith's 1608 Chesapeake Voyage 
Outreach and Proposed Book
Susan Schmidt welcomes opportunities to talk to any groups along the route about natural and cultural history of the Bay. To refresh her knowledge of estuarine ecology, on my expedition she will consult scientists at marine labs and educators at environmental education centers that ring the Bay. Wherever she lands, she will participate in community activities to meet the Bay's shoreline citizens.
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Contact: Susan Schmidt Cell afloat: 252-241-6405 Messages: 252-728-4240 Email: susu@starfishnet.com |
Dr. Heather Huyck, chief historian planning the 400th commemoration for the National Park Service at Jamestown, has encouraged her research on John Smith and this Chesapeake expedition. Tom Horton, environmental reporter for the Baltimore Sun, who lives near Salisbury, is an advisor. Educators at Chesapeake Bay Foundation in Annapolis are mentors, and she will dock at CBF centers located at Tangier, Smith, and Fox Islands.
Her book, LANDFALL, will combine cultural geography and natural history with an adventure story of this expedition. The natural order of her book will follow Smith's voyage geographically.
RECENT NEWS ARTICLES
Blake, Beth. "In the wake of history, Beaufort woman plans to
retrace Capt. Smith's
Voyage of 1608." Carteret County News Times (Morehead City, NC) 91.51
(28 April 28 2002): 1A, 13A.
Cogar, Elizabeth. The Spark Collegiate School Alumni Magazine, Richmond,
VA, in
press.
Delano, Frank. "A voyage of discovery. Free Lance-Star
(Fredericksburg, VA) 24 Aug.
2002, photos by Suzanne Carr.
Diem, Stephanie. "History Replicated in a bay voyage, Writing teacher
mortgages house,
buys boat to copy Smith's 1608 trip." Eastern Shore News (Onancock,
VA) 15 May 2002: A2.
"Four Centuries of Bay Cruising." Spinsheet July 2002: 6-7.
Holland, Jeff. Chesapeake Bay Magazine in press.
Johnson, Yvonne. APG News. July 2002.
Latane, Lawrence III. "Sailor Draws Closer to the Bay, Following in
Explorer's Wake,
'Let's Love it,' professor says of Chesapeake." Richmond (VA)
Times-Dispatch
18 Aug. 2002.
Lowery, Miesha. "Retracing the path of Capt. John Smith, Devoted
Sailor stops in
Annapolis." The Capital (Annapolis, MD) 27 June 2002: A1, A12.
Lusk, Meredith. "Charting Her Own Course, While Trailing Capt. John
Smith's Wake."
Eastern Shore Post (VA) 15 May 2002: 1, 6-7.
Malcolm, Jill. "Around the Bay in 90 Days, Schoolteacher retraces
Capt. John Smith's
voyage in search of her family heritage." Nor'Easter 2.14 (9 Aug.
2002): 78-79.
Powder, Jackie. "A historic journey retraced on the bay, Voyage: A
North Carolina
professor travels along the Chesapeake to commemorate John Smith's 1608
voyage." Baltimore Sun 9 July 2002.
"Research vessel follows Capt. Smith's 1608 voyage."
Rappahannock Record
(Kilmarnock, VA) 18 July 2002: A1, A13.
Schmidt, Susan. "Thanks are owed to many who helped me," (Letter
to Editor)." Carteret
County News Times (Morehead City, NC) 21 Aug. 2002, A12.
Tims, Jane. "A Closer Look." Rappahannock Record (Kilmarnock,
VA) 25 July 2002:
B1.