144-Taking Possession of the Carolina Coast
Discovering America Podcast
English - April 11, 2021 16:13 - 15 minutes - 10.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 45 ratingsSociety & Culture History discovering america american history Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Sir Humphrey Gilbert invested a great portion of his fortune; this first attempt ended in disappointment. It became a starting point for the next one, taking encouragement from his stepbrother Sir Walter Raleigh. The second attempt took the lives of many including Gilbert himself. Enjoy this first hand account of what these sailors experienced along the coast of North Carolina.