John Rolfe
1585-1622
English colonist who discovered a method for curing tobacco, and was the first known settler in the New World to cultivate the crop. Rolfe arrived in Jamestown, Virginia, in 1610,...
Read more
Rolfe, John
May 1585
Norfolk, England
March 22, 1622
Jamestown, Virginia
Virginia colonist, tobacco planter
Portrait: John Rolfe. Reproduced by permission of The Granger Collection Ltd.
"...
Read more
John Rolfe (1585-1622) was an English colonist who settled in Jamestown, Va., and pioneered in the cultivation of tobacco.John Rolfe was born in the spring of 1585, the descendant of an old Norfolk fa...
Read more
John Rolfe
Rolfe, John
John Rolfe