The account of Captain John Smith's adventures among the Turks was at one time considered apocryphal, but good authorities now see no reason to regard his narrative of his own career as in any way inaccurate. The perils and strange chances which an adventurous man encountered in such times often seem almost incredible in a more peaceful age, but there is really no more reason to doubt them than to discredit authentic accounts of men like Daniel Boone, Francis Drake, or other men of similar disposition.
Among the sources of information from which the historical material of this book are drawn are the following works:
| Page | Problem | Change/Comment |
| 8 | "Helene" | "Helêne" to match rest of text |
| 26 | same awe | some awe |
| 55 | Inserted a comma after 'jeweled trappings'. | |
| 85 | superfluous comma in "Catherine, became" removed | |
| 85 | valauble | valuable |
| 90 | good cheap and wholesome. | As in image |
| 108 | comrad | comrade |
| 133 | 'And the White Gods come' | Line indented to match other stanzas. |
| 150 | sqadron | squadron |
| 162 | religon | religion |
| 178 | exicitement | excitement |
| 194 | slaves | slavers |
| 194 | Cabeca | 'Cabeça' as elsewhere |
| 230 | 'like spent bullets" | 'like spent bullets.' |
| 232 | two month's | As in image |
| 239 | exploratioins | explorations |
| 247 | Amadas | Armadas |
| 300 | Inserted '(' before 'Edited by Justin Winsor)' |
The following variant spellings in the text have been left unmodified:
The following variant hyphenations in the text have been left unmodified: