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OTD: Humphrey Gilbert sails into St. John’s
On today’s date in 1583, English explorer Humphrey Gilbert sailed into present-day St. John’s Harbour, N.L., where he read a royal charter to claim the surrounding 320 kilometres for Queen Elizabeth I and found the first English colony in North America. Born in circa 1537, Gilbert served as a soldier in Ireland before aspiring to […]
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OTD: Humphrey Gilbert sails into St. John’s