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... Sir Humphrey Gilbert . Finally , he composed a prospectus ( not printed until later ) for the Virginia colony which Raleigh hoped to found in 1585. In his last years he retired to his country estate , where he died in 1591 . Every one ...
... Sir Humphrey Gilbert . Finally , he composed a prospectus ( not printed until later ) for the Virginia colony which Raleigh hoped to found in 1585. In his last years he retired to his country estate , where he died in 1591 . Every one ...
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... Sir Humphrey Gilbert , with young Walter Raleigh as his subordinate , obtained his patent for the colonization of North America and made a first effort in 1578. Seldom have there been ten years in English history with a more varied ...
... Sir Humphrey Gilbert , with young Walter Raleigh as his subordinate , obtained his patent for the colonization of North America and made a first effort in 1578. Seldom have there been ten years in English history with a more varied ...
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... Sir Humphrey Gilbert had been drawn to it by his early advocacy of the North - West Passage , and was now the holder of a patent empowering him to colonize any of its regions not already in the possession of Spain , regions , that is ...
... Sir Humphrey Gilbert had been drawn to it by his early advocacy of the North - West Passage , and was now the holder of a patent empowering him to colonize any of its regions not already in the possession of Spain , regions , that is ...
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