John+Rulfe+and+Tobacco

Way back in 1609 John Rolfe began his journey into making history. He achieved this by taking board upon the ship who's destination was Virgina. The ship was known as the Sea Venture. Entering Virginia Rolfe was one of the many farmers in this small colony settlement known as Jamestown. Many crop in Jamestown were experimental towards its exportation. But John's experimentation with tobacco was what really brought profit into this settlement. Although Sir Walter Raleigh gets the bragging rights for the introduction of tobacco to England, John gets the most credit because he spread it around through exportation and trading. The English didn't really have a liking for the tobacco grown by the virginian indians. They preffered the more high quality, stronger fragrant tobacco found in Spain's colonies sold to other London merchants. Luckily John had obtained many of these high quality seeds somewhere in the Carribean. After obtaining this new "good" tobacco, he started bringing more money into the setlement of Jamestown. He was then credited as the savior of Jamestown from its financial heart aches.
 * __John Rolfe and Tobacco__**