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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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 Bartholomew Gosnold - free-definition   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
Bartholomew Gosnold (1572 - August 22, 1607) was an English lawyer and explorer.
He was the first non-indigenous person to visit Cape Cod on May 15, 1602.
He was born in Ottley Hall in Suffolk, England in 1571.
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 1602 article - 1602 1599 1600 1601 1603 1604 1605 Decades 1570s 1580s 1590s 1600s - What-Means.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
March 20 - The Dutch East India Company is established as The United East India Company by the Dutch States-General
May 15 - Bartolomew Gosnold becomes the first European to discover Cape Cod.
June - James Lancaster's East India Company fleet arrives at Achin, Sumatra to deal with the local ruler.
www.what-means.com /encyclopedia/1602   (246 words)

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