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Humphrey Gilbert   /hˈəmfri gˈɪlbərt/   Listen
Humphrey Gilbert

noun
1.
English navigator who in 1583 established in Newfoundland the first English colony in North America (1539-1583).  Synonyms: Gilbert, Sir Humphrey Gilbert.





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... earls of Cumberland and Essex, Sir Richard Greenvile, Sir Walter Raleigh, Sir Humphrey Gilbert, Sir Robert Dudley, and, many other persons of rank and fortune, employed great sums of money, and exposed themselves to the greatest dangers, in expeditions against the Spaniards, making discoveries in distant parts of the world, and planting colonies, which were ...
— A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume X • Robert Kerr


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