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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, English soldier and navigator who 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.
Jan 2, 2008 · Sir Humphrey Gilbert, explorer (b near Dartmouth, Eng c 1537; d at sea 9 Sept 1583). Gilbert was an early publicist for the idea of a NORTHWEST PASSAGE, compiling an influential Discourse (1576) on the subject, and his experience in colonizing Ireland suggested similar ventures farther afield.
Sir Humphrey Gilbert, the founder of the first English colony in North America, was born about 1539, the son of a Devonshire gentleman, whose widow afterward married the father of Sir Walter Raleigh.
Apr 14, 2015 · Although Sir Humphrey Gilbert was not involved directly in the Roanoke voyages, both he and members of his family participated in early colonization efforts, and Gilbert decisively influenced his half-brother Sir Walter Ralegh, the leading proponent of the Roanoke Island colonies.
Aug 4, 2013 · Sir Humphrey Gilbert was one of those Elizabethan adventurers, like Sir Francis Drake or his half-brother Sir Walter Raleigh, who are hard to evaluate. Part visionary and part pirate, brave and cruel, determined to the point of obsession, Gilbert was a man whose dreams outpaced his means to achieve them.
May 14, 2018 · Sir Humphrey Gilbert (ca. 1537-1583), English soldier and colonizer, failed in his attempt to settle Newfoundland. Nevertheless he took the first step toward building a British colonial empire in America. Humphrey Gilbert was born at Greenway, Devonshire.
Humphrey Gilbert's final voyage. In 1583, Humphrey Gilbert left on a second venture to the New World with five ships: the Delight, the Bark Raleigh, the Golden Hind, the Squirrel, and the...
Sir Humphrey Gilbert was one of those Elizabethan adventurers who is hard to evaluate. Part visionary and part pirate, brave and cruel, determined to the point of obsession, Gilbert was a man whose dreams outpaced his means to achieve them.
GILBERT (Gylberte, Jilbert), Sir HUMPHREY, Elizabethan explorer who annexed Newfoundland to England; b. c. 1537, second son of Otho and Katherine Gilbert of Compton and Greenway, Devonshire, half-brother (through his mother) of Sir Walter Raleigh and Sir Carew Raleigh; d. 9 Sept. 1583.
