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Sir Humphrey Gilbert war ein englischer Abenteurer, Feldherr und Parlamentarier, der unter Elisabeth I. diente. Er war ein Halbbruder von Sir Walter Raleigh und gründete die erste englische Kolonie in Nordamerika.
Sir Humphrey Gilbert (c. 1539 – 9 September 1583) was an English adventurer, explorer, member of parliament and soldier who served during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I and was a pioneer of the English colonial empire in North America and the Plantations of Ireland.
Humphrey Gilbert (born c. 1539—died September 1583, at sea near the Azores) was an English soldier and navigator who devised daring and farseeing projects of overseas colonization.
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14. Mai 2018 · Learn about Sir Humphrey Gilbert, the English soldier and colonizer who tried to establish a colony in Newfoundland in 1583. Find out his background, his plans, his achievements, and his fate.
(1539?–83). English soldier and navigator Humphrey Gilbert devised daring and farseeing projects of overseas colonization. Although he was brilliant and creative, his poor leadership was responsible for his failure to establish the first permanent English colony in North America. He succeeded, however, in annexing Newfoundland.
Sir Humphrey Gilbert was an English explorer who tried to colonize Newfoundland in 1583. He died at sea while returning to England, but his letters patent claimed the land for England.
Explores Sir Humphrey Gilbert's 1583 expedition to North America, a neglected area in scholarship on early modern colonization. Examines the role of cartography, natural science, and promotional literature in Elizabethan colonization.
