Definition of Humphrey gilbert

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

Exact synonyms: Gilbert, Sir Humphrey Gilbert
Generic synonyms: Navigator

Lexicographical Neighbors of Humphrey Gilbert

Humeans
Humeian
Humeians
Humian
Humians
Hummelsheim
Hummelsheim's operation
Hummers
Humperdinck
Humphrey
Humphrey Bogart
Humphrey Davy
Humphrey DeForest Bogart
Humphrey Gilbert
Humphry's ligament
Humpty-Dumptyism
Humpty Dumpty
Humpty Dumptyism
Humulus americanus
Humulus japonicus
Humulus lupulus
Humvee
Humvees
Hun
Hunan
Hunan province
Hunanese
Hundred Years' War

Literary usage of Humphrey gilbert

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Poems of American History by Burton Egbert Stevenson (1908)
"In 1583 Sir humphrey gilbert secured permission from Queen Elizabeth to set out ... Eastward from Campobello Sir humphrey gilbert sailed; Three days or more ..."

2. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1909)
"Such was the unfortunate end of the brave Sir humphrey gilbert, who may be regarded as the father of western colonization, and who was one of the chief ..."

3. The Works of Tennyson by Alfred Tennyson Tennyson, Hallam Tennyson Tennyson (1905)
"... made by four ships which sailed in June, 1583, under the command of Sir Humphrey Gilbert, with the avowed object of founding a colony in Newfoundland. ..."

4. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1907)
"... by four ships which sailed in June, 1583, under the command of Sir Humphrey Gilbert, with the avowed object of founding a colony in Newfoundland. ..."

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