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Bartholomew Gosnold

1572 - 1607

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Bartholomew Gosnold (b. 1571 – d. 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. He is considered by Preservation Virginia (formerly known as the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities) to be the "prime mover of the colonization of Virginia". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bartholomew Gosnold is the 477th most popular explorer (up from 486th in 2019), the 5,481st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,776th in 2019) and the 75th most popular British Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Bartholomew Gosnold ranks 477 out of 498. Before him are Oscar Baumann, Louis-Gustave Binger, Thomas Button, Sarat Chandra Das, Tryggve Gran, and Henry Robertson Bowers. After him are Harry Johnston, David Thompson, Hamilton Hume, Ellen MacArthur, Adolphus Greely, and Wiley Post.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1572, Bartholomew Gosnold ranks 17. Before him are Francis II, Duke of Lorraine, Marie Elisabeth of France, Cyril Lucaris, Fakhr al-Din II, Thomas Dekker, and Thomas Tomkins.  Among people deceased in 1607, Bartholomew Gosnold ranks 18. Before him are Bento de Góis, Guidobaldo del Monte, Patriarch Job of Moscow, Eleanor of Prussia, Luzzasco Luzzaschi, and Giovanni Maria Nanino.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Bartholomew Gosnold ranks 5,483 out of 8,785. Before him are Valerie Hobson (1917), John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence (1811), Kathleen Raine (1908), Anne-Marie Duff (1970), Henry Robertson Bowers (1883), and Claude Buckenham (1876). After him are Malcolm MacDonald (1901), Nora Swinburne (1902), Herbert Gladstone, 1st Viscount Gladstone (1854), Clive Brook (1887), Brendan Coyle (1963), and Bruce Halford (1931).

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Among EXPLORERS In United Kingdom

Among explorers born in United Kingdom, Bartholomew Gosnold ranks 75. Before him are Edgeworth David (1858), Henry Seebohm (1832), Edgar Evans (1876), Samuel Hearne (1745), Thomas Button (1575), and Henry Robertson Bowers (1883). After him are Harry Johnston (1858), David Thompson (1770), Ellen MacArthur (1976), Henry Worsley (1960), John Oxley (1785), and John Rae (1813).

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