on the surface, capt. levett seemed ideally placed to push such settlement. "when "a description of new england" was published in london in 1616," write charles and samuella shain of capt. john smith's book, "it was only a question of time before another enterprising spirit would arrive who would realize captain john smith's plans for founding a permanent settlement on the maine coast... better placed socially and therefore politically than john smith, levett was also richer."