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  1. Bartholomew Gosnold (1571 – 22 August 1607) was an English barrister, explorer and privateer who was instrumental in founding the Virginia Company in London and Jamestown in colonial America. He led the first recorded European expedition to Cape Cod.

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  2. Mar 8, 2024 · Bartholomew Gosnold (born c. 1572, Grundisburgh, Suffolk, Eng.—died Aug. 22, 1607, Jamestown, Va.) was an English explorer and colonizer. The eldest son of an English country squire, Bartholomew Gosnold attended Cambridge University before marrying and settling at Bury St. Edmunds in the late 1590s. In 1602 the Earl of Southampton defrayed ...

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  3. Dec 22, 2021 · Bartholomew Gosnold was an English colonizer who helped organize the Virginia Company of London and landed in Virginia in 1607. He named Cape Cod and Martha's Vineyard, and died of disease on August 22, 1607. Learn about his life, voyages, and legacy from this comprehensive entry.

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  5. Learn about the life and legacy of Captain Bartholomew Gosnold, the "prime mover" of the founding of Jamestown and the "prime mover" of the Virginia colony. Find out how he died, how he was buried, and how his grave was discovered by the Jamestown Rediscovery team.

  6. Jun 24, 2015 · Learn about the life and legacy of Bartholomew Gosnold, the English lawyer who founded a year-round colony on Cape Cod in 1602 and named it after his daughter. Find out how his voyage influenced the British colonization of the northeastern United States and the Atlantic coast.

  7. Jan 5, 2024 · Learn about the life and achievements of Bartholomew Gosnold, the visionary explorer who pioneered the Virginia Company and the Jamestown colony. Discover his Suffolk origins, his voyages, his patrons, and his legacy in American history.

  8. A genealogical and historical study of the life and discoveries of Bartholomew Gosnold, the English explorer who founded Cape Cod and two islands in Massachusetts in i602 and i606. Learn about his antecedents, his voyages, his death, and his legacy from sources such as wills, manorial records, and historical accounts.

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