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Explorers of Canada

  • Humphrey GilbertSir Humphrey Gilbert entered the world around 1539 as the fifth son of Otho Gilbert, a man who held estates at Compton, Greenway, and Galmpton in Devon.
  • Martin FrobisherMartin Frobisher was probably born in 1535 or 1536, the son of merchant Bernard Frobisher and Margaret York. His father died prematurely in 1542, leaving the…