Person    | Male  Born 1571  Died 22/8/1607

Bartholomew Gosnold

Categories: Exploring

Countries: USA

Explorer. Born in Grundisburgh, Suffolk. He led the first recorded European expedition to Cape Cod, and is considered to be the prime mover in the colonisation of Virginia. He captained the 'Godspeed', one of three ships in the 1606 expedition which founded Jamestown. The picture of him is a forensic reconstruction from his supposed skeleton.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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Bartholomew Gosnold

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Virginia Settlers Memorial

This voyage took place 16 years before the Mayflower. The memorial has a his...

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James Fitzjames

James Fitzjames

Role on the lost expedition: Captain on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.

Person, Exploring, Tragedy

1 memorial
UK Antarctic Heritage Trust

UK Antarctic Heritage Trust

Established to support the New Zealand Antarctic Heritage Trust in raising funds for the conservation of historical explorers' huts in the Ross Sea Region of Antarctica, and to recognise and conser...

Group, Exploring, History, Arctic & Antarctic

1 memorial
Solomon Tozer

Solomon Tozer

Role on the lost expedition: Royal marine on SS Terror. See John Franklin.

Person, Exploring, Tragedy

1 memorial
Thomas Evans

Thomas Evans

Role on the lost expedition: Boy on SS Terror. See John Franklin.

Person, Exploring, Tragedy

1 memorial
Thomas Work

Thomas Work

Role on the lost expedition: Able seaman on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.

Person, Exploring, Tragedy

1 memorial