But the settlers hated it. They
quickly became disenchanted
and managed to convince For further reading....
Gilbert that he should take information available at
them home. Dartmouth Museum
They sailed in the Squirrel – http://www.elizabethan-era.
and Gilbert stuck doggedly to org.uk/sir-humphrey-gilbert.htm
his little frigate through injury, www.u-s-history.com/pages/
storms and even the reported h1131.html
sighting of a sea monster http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/
said to look like a lion with Bios/HumphreyGilbert(Sir).htm
glaring eyes. But the storms
eventually swamped the
craft and the ship was lost
with all hands…or was it?!
Gilbert was outstanding
for his initiative and
originality, and his efforts at
colonization. He and his brother Sir Walter Raleigh
were part of a remarkable generation of men from
Devon who combined the roles of adventurer,
writer, soldier and mariner - often in ways as
equally loathsome as admirable! His American
adventure paved the way for the English crown to
establish colonies in North America.
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