English overseas possessions
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The English overseas possessions, sometimes referred to as the English Empire, comprised a variety of overseas territories and colonies that were conquered or otherwise acquired by the Kingdom of Engl
A replica of Cabot's ship the Matthew
Queen Elizabeth, portrait immortalizing the English defeat of the Spanish Armada (1588)
Re-enactment of English settlers arriving in Virginia, 1607
Captain John Smith, "Admiral of New England"
Humphrey Gilbert
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Sir Humphrey Gilbert was an English adventurer, explorer, member of parliament and soldier who served during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I and was a pioneer of the English colonial empire in North Am
Portrait at Compton Castle
A stamp depicting Gilbert
Plaque commemorating Gilbert's founding of the British Empire in St. John's, Newfoundland
The last moments of Sir Humphrey Gilbert, by Edward Ollier (c. 1900)