John Rolfe
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John Rolfe was an English explorer, tobacco farmer and merchant. He was the husband of Pocahontas and the first settler in the colony of Virginia to successfully cultivate a tobacco crop for export.
A posthumous painting of John Rolfe and Pocahontas made c. 1850
Rolfe cultivating tobacco, as illustrated in 1874
Rolfe (right, standing behind Pocahontas) as portrayed in Baptism of Pocahontas, 1840, by John Gadsby Chapman
The New World (2005 film)
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The New World is a 2005 historical romantic drama film written and directed by Terrence Malick, depicting the founding of the Jamestown, Virginia, settlement and inspired by the historical figures Cap
John Rolfe
…Disney's 1998 animated film Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World, Rolfe is voiced by Billy Zane. Rolfe is portrayed by Christian Bale in the 2005 film The New World. The strain of tobacco cultivated by Rolfe was the export cash crop that helped make the Virginia Colony profitable. It was the mainstay of the farming…
Theatrical release poster
Kilcher portrays Pocahontas