Renaissance · Europe · Exploration

1583

Gilbert Publishes Discourse

1583

Sir Humphrey Gilbert, before his doomed voyage to Newfoundland, published A Discourse of a Discoverie for a New Passage to Cataia, arguing the case for an English Northwest Passage to Asia. English colonial imagination was being shaped by such tracts, even as the physical realities of North America continued to defeat expeditions.

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Also in 1583 (3 other events on record)

Akbar Annexes Gujarat · South Asia · Politics
Humphrey Gilbert Claims Newfoundland · North America · Exploration
Tensho Boy Mission to Europe · East Asia · Exploration

Before and after in Europe

Before: October 4, 1582: Gregorian Calendar Adopted
After: March 28, 1584: Ivan the Terrible Dies

Before and after in Exploration

Before: 1581: Ermak Crosses the Urals
After: 1584: Raleigh Names Virginia

Era

Renaissance (1501–1650), one of 715 events from that era on Saeculum.

Sources

Wikipedia: Humphrey Gilbert