Captain Gabriel Archer | |
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_(14783538015).jpg) Archer, Gosnold, crew, and natives in New Beford, 1602 | |
| Born | b. c. 1574 Mountnessing, Essex, Kingdom of England |
| Died | d. c. 1610 (aged 34-36)[1] Jamestown, Colony of Virginia |
| Occupation(s) | Explorer, chronicler |
| Known for | Cape Cod exploration (1602), Original colonist to Jamestown (1607)[2] |
| Notable work | "The Relation of Captaine Gosnols Voyage to the North Part of Virginia" (1625) |
Gabriel Archer was an early English explorer of Cape Cod, Chesapeake Bay, and Virginia. A settler of Jamestown, Virginia, he clashed with the leadership council and John Smith repeatedly before dying in the winter of 1609-1610. The Jamestown Rediscovery Project, among other scholars, considers the possibility that Gabriel Archer may have been a Catholic, based on how he was buried.
- ^ "Captain Gabriel Archer". Historic Jamestowne.
- ^ "Archer, Gabriel (ca. 1574–ca. 1610)". www.encyclopediavirginia.org. Retrieved 2020-03-25.