Gosnold, Bartholomew , fl. 1572–1607, English explorer and colonizer. In 1602 he commanded
the Concord on a voyage of exploration. He navigated the coast from
Maine to Narragansett Bay, naming Cape Cod and several islands and building a
small fort on Cuttyhunk, westernmost of the
Elizabeth Islands. In 1606 he commanded the God
Speed, which carried some of the first settlers to Virginia. Gosnold protested against the
site of Jamestown but was overruled. He died there of malaria several months
later.
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