Expedition's fort on Elizabeth's Island, Cuttyhunk, Mass. (1602)

A. Bierstadt's 1858 painting: "Gosnold at Cuttyhunk, 1602"

Bartholomew Gosnold (1572–August 22, 1607) was an English lawyer, explorer, and privateer, instrumental in founding the Virginia Company of London, and Jamestown, Virginia. Events 392 - Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland A privateer was a private Warship authorized by a country's Government by Letters of marque to attack foreign shipping The London Company (also called the Charter of the Virginia Company of London) was an English Joint stock company established by royal charter by Jamestown, located on Jamestown Island in the Virginia Colony, was founded on May 14 1607 The Commonwealth of Virginia ( is an American state He is considered by the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities (APVA) to be the "prime mover of the colonization of Virginia. Founded in 1889, the Richmond, Virginia -based Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities was the United States ' first statewide " Gosnold also led the first recorded European expedition to visit Cape Cod, on May 15, 1602. Cape Cod (or simply the Cape to most New Englanders is a Peninsula nearly coextensive with Barnstable County Massachusetts and forming the easternmost Events 1252 - Pope Innocent IV issues the Papal bull Ad exstirpanda, which authorizes but also limits the

Early life

He was born in Grundisburgh in Suffolk, England in 1572. Grundisburgh is an English Village of more than 1500 residents situated in eastern Suffolk situated six miles from Ipswich. Suffolk (ˈsʌfək is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland His parents were Anthony Gosnold and Dorothy Bacon. He graduated from the University of Cambridge and studied law at Middle Temple. The University of Cambridge (often Cambridge University) located in Cambridge, England, is the second-oldest university in the The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple is one of the four Inns of Court exclusively entitled to call their members to the English Bar as Barristers

Early adventures

Gosnold was a friend of Richard Hakluyt and sailed with Walter Raleigh. Richard Hakluyt (, or) (c 1552 or 1553 – 23 November 1616 was an English writer Sir Walter Raleigh or Ralegh (c 1552 – 29 October 1618 was a famed English writer Poet, Soldier, Courtier and Explorer He obtained backing to attempt a colony in the New World and in 1602 he sailed from Falmouth in a small Dartmouth bark, the Concord, with thirty-two on board. The New World is one of the names used for the non-Eurasian/non-African parts of the Earth specifically the Americas and Australia. They intended to establish a colony in New England, which was then known as Northern Virginia. History See also History of New England New England's earliest inhabitants were Algonquian -speaking Native Americans including the

Bartholomew Gosnold pioneered a direct sailing route due west from the Azores to New England, arriving in May 1602 at Cape Elizabeth in Maine (Lat 43 degrees). The Azores ( Açores ɐˈsoɾɨʃ or) is a Portuguese Archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, about 1500 km (950  mi) from Cape Elizabeth is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States, and is the state's The State of Maine ( is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean He skirted the coastline for several days before anchoring in York Harbor, Maine, on May 14, 1602. The State of Maine ( is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean Events 1264 - Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured in France making Simon de Montfort the

The next day, he sailed into Provincetown Harbor, where he is credited with naming Cape Cod. Provincetown Harbor is a large Natural harbor located off of the town of Provincetown, Massachusetts. Cape Cod (or simply the Cape to most New Englanders is a Peninsula nearly coextensive with Barnstable County Massachusetts and forming the easternmost ^[1] Following the coastline for several days, he discovered Martha's Vineyard and perhaps named it after his daughter or wife. Martha's Vineyard (adjoining the smaller Chappaquiddick Island) is an Island off the US east coast to the south of Cape Cod, both He established a small post on Elizabeth's Island, which is now called Cuttyhunk Island and is part of the town of Gosnold. The Elizabeth Islands are a chain of small Islands extending southwest from the southern coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts in the United States Cuttyhunk Island is the outermost of the Elizabeth Islands in Massachusetts, located between Buzzards Bay to the north and Vineyard Sound Gosnold is a town that encompasses the Elizabeth Islands in Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States. The post was abandoned when intending settlers decided to return on the ship to England since they had insufficient provisions to overwinter. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland

A notable account of the voyage, written by John Brereton, one of the gentlemen adventurers, was published in 1602, and this helped in popularising subsequent voyages of exploration and colonisation of the northeast seaboard of America. John Brereton (1571/1572? - 1632? was the chronicler of the 1602 voyage to New England which was led by Bartholomew Gosnold, and recorded the first European exploration of A second account by Gabriel Archer was not published until over 20 years later, after Gosnold's death.

Virginia Company, Jamestown

Gosnold spent several years after his return to England promoting a more ambitious attempt; he obtained from King James I an exclusive charter for a Virginia Company to settle Virginia. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland James VI and I (19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625 was King of Scotland as James VI, and King of England and King of Ireland as James The Virginia Company refers collectively to a pair of English joint stock companies chartered by James I in 1606 with the purposes of establishing To form the core of what would become the Virginia Colony at Jamestown, he recruited his cousin-by-marriage Edward Maria Wingfield, as well as John Smith, his brother and a cousin, in addition to members of his 1602 expedition. The Colony of Virginia (also known frequently as the Virginia Colony and occasionally as the Dominion and Colony of Virginia) was the English colony Jamestown, located on Jamestown Island in the Virginia Colony, was founded on May 14 1607 Captain Edward Maria Wingfield, sometimes hyphenated as Edward-Maria Wingfield, (born 1550 in Stonely, Huntingdonshire (now Cambridgeshire) Captain Sir John Smith (c January 1580– June 21 1631) Admiral of New England was an English Soldier, Sailor Gosnold himself served as vice-admiral of the expedition, and captain of the Godspeed (one of the three ships of the expedition). Vice Admiral is a naval rank equivalent to Lieutenant General in seniority Godspeed was one of the three ships of the English Virginia Company that were led by Captain Bartholomew Gosnold on the 1607 voyage that resulted in

He was popular among the colonists and opposed the location of the colony at Jamestown Island; he also helped design the fort that held the initial colony. Jamestown, located on Jamestown Island in the Virginia Colony, was founded on May 14 1607 He died of dysentery and scurvy only four months after they landed, on August 22, 1607. Dysentery (formerly known as flux or the bloody flux) is an infection of the digestive system that results in severe Diarrhea containing mucus and blood Scurvy (NLat scorbutus is a disease resulting from a deficiency of Vitamin C, which is required for the synthesis of Collagen in humans Events 392 - Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor.

Possible discovery of his grave

In 2005, the APVA announced that they believed their archaeological dig at Jamestown had found his grave, and started an attempt to verify their identity through genetic fingerprinting. By June researchers had received the approval of the Church of England to take DNA samples from the remains of his sister, located in an English church, the first ever granted for such purposes. The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England, the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican However, in November 2005 the APVA announced that while they were still confident her remains were located beneath the church, they had been unable to locate them.

The DNA analysis will be conducted by the Smithsonian Institution. The Smithsonian Institution (smɪθsoʊnɪən is an educational and research institute and associated Museum complex administered and funded by the Government of

Notes

Further reading

• David A. Price, Love and Hate in Jamestown (Alfred A. Knopf, 2003: ISBN 0-375-41541-6)
• David R. Ransome, ‘Gosnold, Bartholomew (d. 1607)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004

External links

• http://ancientgreece-earlyamerica.com/gosnold.html - An excellent Gosnold overview -
• Is it Gosnold?, from an APVA website
• Bartholomew Gosnold documentary, a June 2002 article from a BBC Suffolk website
• DNA bid for US founding father, a January 2005 article from the BBC
• Suffolk tombs hold key to US founding father, a June 2005 article from The Times of London
• Bartholomew Gosnold, 1602-1607, a 2007-2008 (open in the summer) exhibit at the Cuttyhunk Historical Society