Hvem giftede sig med Pocahontas?

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Pocahontas (eller Matoaka) (født 1595 i Virginia død 1617) var datter af den store indianerhøvding, Powhatan (eller Wahunsonacock). Den indianske Powhatan Renape-nation har gjort opmærksom på, at Pocahontas kun var hendes tilnavn, som nærmest kan oversættes med "drilsk barn", og at hendes egentlige navn var Matoaka.

John Rolfe (c. 1585 – March 1622) was an English explorer, farmer and merchant. He is best known for being the husband of Pocahontas and the first settler in the colony of Virginia to successfully cultivate a tobacco crop for export.

He played a crucial role in the Virginia Colony's early economy by introducing a sweeter strain of tobacco from Trinidad, which became a profitable cash crop. Rolfe married Pocahontas, daughter of Native American leader Powhatan, and they had a son named Thomas. Rolfe and Pocahontas traveled to England in 1616 to promote colonization and investment in Virginia. After Pocahontas died, Rolfe returned to Virginia and continued working with tobacco. The tobacco strain cultivated by Rolfe laid the foundation for Virginia's thriving tobacco industry.