02281cam a2200337 i 4500 540545836 TxAuBib 20210510120000.0 201024s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9783030572570 hardbound 3030572579 hardbound 9783030572570 (OCoLC)1201511048 OHX eng OHX LEATE OCLCO YDX OCLCF GY8 TxAuBib rda Probasco, N.J. Sir Humphrey Gilbert and the Elizabethan expedition : preparing for a voyage / N.J. Probasco. Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, Springer Nature Switzerland, [2020] ©2020. x, 285 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. This book examines the 1583 voyage of Sir Humphrey Gilbert to North America. This was England's first attempt at colonization beyond the British Isles, yet it has not been subject to thorough scholarly analysis for more than 70 years. An exhaustive examination of the voyage reveals the complexity and preparedness of this and similar early modern colonizing expeditions. Prominent Elizabethans assisted Gilbert by researching and investing in his expedition: the Printing Revolution was critical to their plans, as Gilberts supporters traveled throughout England with promotional literature proving Englands claim to North America. Gilberts experts used maps and charts to publicize and navigate, while his pilots experimented with new navigating tools and practices. Though he failed to establish a settlement, Gilbert created a blueprint for later Stuart colonizers who achieved his vision of a British Empire in the Western Hemisphere. This book clarifies the role of cartography, natural science, and promotional literature in Elizabethan colonization and elucidates the preparation stages of early modern colonizing voyages. 20210511. Imperialism. Europe--History--1492- Great Britain--History. History History. Historical geography.