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Sir Humphrey Gilbert

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Sir Humphrey Gilbert 1537?-1583, English soldier, navigator, and explorer; half brother of Sir Walter Raleigh . Knighted (1570) for his service in the campaigns in Ireland, he later (1572) served in the Netherlands. Convinced of the existence of a Northwest Passage , he explained his theories in his famous Discourse (ed., with some additions, by George Gascoigne in 1576), which inspired the voyages of Martin Frobisher and John Davis and for many years motivated English exploration in the northern regions. In 1578, Gilbert was granted a patent by Queen Elizabeth I to found colonies... Read more

Sir Humphrey Gilbert
Sir Humphrey Gilbert Sir Humphrey Gilbert (ca. 1537-1583), English soldier...and Colonising Enterprises of Sir Humphrey Gilbert (2 vols., 1940). William G. Gosling, The Life of Sir Humphrey Gilbert, England's First Empire Builder... Read more

Gilbert, Sir Humphrey
Gilbert, Sir Humphrey (1539?–83), half‐brother of Sir Walter Raleigh, and like him an explorer...of this voyage by Edward Haies, Sir Humphrey Gilberte and His Enterprise of Colonization in... Read more

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	Raleigh's Ireland gamble reaps right Royal return ; ...eldest brother, Sir John Gilbert, Vice-Admiral of Devon...exploration. In 1578, Sir Humphrey managed to pass on...an expedition that Sir Humphrey Gilbert was planning with the...Italian mercenaries that Sir Humphrey Gilbert had failed to intercept... Read more
	Raleigh's romance, rivals and venture at roanoke ; ...half-brother Sir Humphrey Gilbert had to colonise...finance, Sir Humphrey offered huge...saying that Gilbert was "a man...June 1583, Sir Humphrey set out from...home. Sadly, Sir Humphrey's Squirrel...In 1584, Sir Humphrey's brothers Adrian ... Read more
	ON THIS DAY.(News) ; 1583: Sir Humphrey Gilbert founded the first English colony in North America, and called it St John's, Newfoundland. 1891: The first American Express travellers... Read more
	Town's seafaring links with an island far away ; ...for a matter of weeks. For Sir Humphrey Gilbert drowned when the ship sank...not discover Newfoundland, Sir Humphrey Gilbert was the first one to have the...Overseas Empire." The story of Sir Humphrey's journey is just one of those... Read more
	An Explorer's Legacy (Cont'd) ; ...in New England" in 1602. That's doubtful. Norman fishermen were on the Grand Banks off Newfoundland by 1504, and Sir Humphrey Gilbert took possession of Newfoundland for England in 1583. Through most of the 1500s, fishermen from England's West Country... Read more
	Birthdays ; ...former Colonel Commandant, QARANC, 93; Sir Howard Hodgkin, painter, 63; Sir Freddie Laker, air travel pioneer...87; Miss Moira Lister, actress, 72; Sir Donald McCallum, chairman, Laser Ecosse...Vice-Marshal Thomas Macdonald, 86; Sir David Madel MP, 57; Mr Dom Mintoff...David O'Brien, racehorse ... Read more
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