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Bartholomew Gosnold - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Bartholomew Gosnold (1572 - August 22, 1607) was an English lawyer, explorer, and privateer. |
 | | He was instrumental in founding the Virginia Company of London, and also Jamestown, Virginia, and is considered by the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities (APVA) to be the "prime mover of the colonization of Virginia." He was the first non-indigenous person to visit Cape Cod, on May 15, 1602. |
 | | Gosnold himself served as vice-admiral of the expedition, and captain of the Godspeed (one of the three ships of the expedition). |
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