- Sir Humphrey Gilbert
- nounEnglish navigator who in 1583 established in Newfoundland the first English colony in North America (1539-1583)• Syn: ↑Gilbert, ↑Humphrey Gilbert• Instance Hypernyms: ↑navigator
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Humphrey Gilbert — Sir Humphrey Gilbert (c. 1539 ndash; 9 September 1583) GILBERT (Gylberte, Jilbert), SIR HUMPHREY (history), Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online , University of Toronto, 2005 05 02, webpage: [http://www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=34374… … Wikipedia
Humphrey Gilbert — Sir Humphrey Gilbert (* um 1537; † 1583) war ein englischer Abenteurer, Feldherr und Parlamentarier, der unter Elisabeth I. diente. Er war ein Halbbruder von Sir Walter Raleigh und gründete die erste englische Kolonie in Nordamerika … Deutsch Wikipedia
Humphrey Gilbert — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Gilbert. Sir Humphrey Gilbert (né dans le Devon vers 1537 disparu en mer le 9 septembre 1583) est un officier et explorateur anglais qui servit sous le règne d Élisabeth Ière[1]. Pionnier de la colonisation… … Wikipédia en Français
Gilbert, Sir Humphrey — born с 1539 died September 1583, at sea near the Azores English soldier and navigator. The half brother of Sir Walter Raleigh, he proposed in his Discourse (1566) a voyage in search of the Northwest Passage. Queen Elizabeth I rejected the idea… … Universalium
Humphrey Gilbert — noun English navigator who in 1583 established in Newfoundland the first English colony in North America (1539 1583) • Syn: ↑Gilbert, ↑Sir Humphrey Gilbert • Instance Hypernyms: ↑navigator … Useful english dictionary
Sir Humphrey de Trafford, 2nd Baronet — Sir Humphrey de Trafford, 2nd Baronet, (1 May 1808 ndash; 4 May 1886) was a prominent English Roman Catholic. Born at Croston Hall near Chorley, Lancashire on 1 May 1808, he was the second child and the eldest son of Sir Thomas de Trafford. In… … Wikipedia
Gilbert,Sir Humphrey — Gilbert, Sir Humphrey. 1539? 1583. English navigator who urged exploration for the Northwest Passage, established in Newfoundland (1583) the first English colony in North America, and was lost at sea during a homeward voyage. * * * … Universalium
Gilbert, Sir Humphrey — ( 1539–sep. 1583, en el mar, cerca de las Azores). Soldado y navegante inglés. Medio hermano de Sir Walter Raleigh, propuso en su Discourse (1566) un viaje en búsqueda del paso del Noroeste. La reina Isabel I rechazó la idea y lo envió a Irlanda… … Enciclopedia Universal
GILBERT, SIR HUMPHREY — navigator, born in Devonshire, half brother of Sir Walter Raleigh; in 1583 established a settlement in Newfoundland … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
