A popular history of the United States : from the first discovery of the western hemisphere by the Northmen, to the end of the first century of the union of the states ; preceded by a sketch of the prehistoric period and the age of the mound builders . miliar names of two straits upon the map of North AmericaSir Humph- keep alive the memory of these intrepid navigators, Frobisherpian^oKo- ai^d Davis. The voyages of both, if not directly due to thenization. u Discoursc of Sir Humphrey Gilbert, which George Gas-coigne published, received from it, doubtless, an important impulse. But Gilbert hims
A popular history of the United States : from the first discovery of the western hemisphere by the Northmen, to the end of the first century of the union of the states ; preceded by a sketch of the prehistoric period and the age of the mound builders . miliar names of two straits upon the map of North AmericaSir Humph- keep alive the memory of these intrepid navigators, Frobisherpian^oKo- ai^d Davis. The voyages of both, if not directly due to thenization. u Discoursc of Sir Humphrey Gilbert, which George Gas-coigne published, received from it, doubtless, an important impulse. But Gilbert himself meanwhilehad wider views than the possi-bility of navigation around thenorthern coast of North Amer-ica, though no strait or head-land upon the continent bearsthe name of the first English-man who sought it with thesingle purpose of colonizingand making it a part of theBritish Empire. Many voy-ages, says Captain EdwardHayes, have bene pretended,yet hitherto never any thor-oughly accomplished by ournation of exact discovery intothe bowels of those maine,Sir Humphrey Gilbert. amplc and vast couutreys, ex- tended infinitely into the north from 30 degrees, or rather from 25degrees, of septentrionall latitude, neither hath a right way bene taken. 1587.] SIR HUMPHREY GILBERT. 233 of planting a Christian habitation and regiment upon the same. ^ Itis not, indeed, quite true that, as the narrative goes on to say, that worthy gentleman our countryman. Sir Humphrey Gilbert, Knight,was the first of our nation that caried people, to erect an habitationand government in those northerly countreys of America; for Cabothad taken colonists to Baccalaos eighty years before. It neverthelessis true that in the active brain of Gilbert was first conceived the proj-ect which was the germ of the future power of England in the NewWorld, the seed whence grew the present United States. Sir Humphrey Gilbert was one of three brothers, all of whom weremen of character and distinction, and all engaged in
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