Humphrey Gilbert

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English navigator who in 1583 established in Newfoundland the first English colony in North America (1539-1583)

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John Sugden (1990) Sir Francis Drake, Random House, p. 118 ISBN 1448129508 In 1583, Humphrey Gilbert sailed to Newfoundland, taking possession of the harbour of St John's together with all land within two hundred leagues to the north and south of it. Source: Internet

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