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He was born this year in Grundisburgh, England
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He got married and settled down into Bury St Edmunds.
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The Earl of Southhampton defrayed some expenses for fitting out the ship 'Concord.' Gosnold was the commander of the ship when it was set out on a voyage to explore the New World.
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He there ship arrived at lower Maine and found a peninsula and named it Cape Cod. He later explored the coast of Nantucket Sound, Martha's Vineyard and Narragansett Bay.
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He returned to England with a few cargo boxes full of sassafras (which is a plant that can be made into medicine), lumber and different furs.
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Gosnold wanted people to come with him to colonize more of North America. After James 1 had granted the Virginia Charter, he appointed Gosnold to vice admiral of the London Merchants.
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The London Merchants was a fleet of three ships that set off from England.
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The vessels reached Cape Henry and Gosnold was appointed a member of the resident council for the new settlement.
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He died in Jamestown, Virginia because of an epidemic of Malaria.
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Archaeologist dug up a skeleton that they believe is Bartholomew's even though DNA tests came back inconclusive.
