Wednesday
12th February, 2003 - 1028 GMT
Gosnold's remains may have been found |
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at work in Jamestown |
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Archaeologists
in America say they may have discovered the remains of Suffolk's most
famous explorer. Bartholomew Gosnold sailed to Virginia nearly 400
years ago, but died within weeks of his arrival. |
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Bartholomew
Gosnold, whose family home was Otley near Ipswich, was one of England's
greatest explorers during the Elizabethan age.
In 1602 he sailed to what we now know as New England where he named
Cape Cod because of the fish in the bay and later Martha's Vineyard
after his infant daughter Martha.
He returned to the New World in May of 1607 and was instrumental in
helping to establish the first permanent English settlement there.
Sadly he and many others died soon after.
This discovery, if it is Gosnold, will excite both archaeologists
and historians as they prepare to celebrate the 400th anniversary
of the beginning of the United States of America.
You can find out more about Bartholomew Gosnold by reading our article
A Fair Isle for Martha
You can also listen to David
Webb's documentary about his journey to New England. |
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