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