Why John Smith Wrote The General History of Virginia

I believe that Captain John Smith wrote the story describing the events of his capture as a way to achieve more publicity. To me, he seems like the kind of man who will do whatever it takes for more people to notice him. Though I do not doubt that the majority of the claims he makes are true, I find some of the writing to have a fantasy feel to it.

John Smith, obviously thinks of himself as someone with a superhero-type persona. He does however know, that if he makes it clear to his audience, the reliability of his claims feel less believable. For example, when he says that he would give up his lodging for the colonies, and send other to thatch or build houses, he switches the writing type from 1st to 3rd-person. Which does make his tales of having the most difficult job more believable, knowing that he wrote the paragraph and needed to change it, does seem rather odd to me.

He also shares about his capture, and most likely exaggerates about the number of savages that tried to murder him. If there were 200 natives around him looking for his blood, I doubt they would have stood back and fired arrows at him when they could simply sprint up to him and hack him to pieces.
The execution to me also sounds like something out of a Disney movie, because once again, when he is facing certain death, he is miraculously saved by a miracle child who, for an unknown reason, doesn't want him dead. If John Smith had given the child to want him to live, the likelihood of his cancelled execution would seem more probable. I however, believe that they captured him, and became friends, but all-in-all believe that John Smith wrote the story for his seeking of publicity and attention.