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Ferdinando Gorges

English colonial entrepreneur
Years: 1565 - 1647

Sir Ferdinando Gorges (1565–1647), the "Father of English Colonization in North America", is an early English colonial entrepreneur and founder of the Province of Maine in 1622, although Gorges himself never sets foot in the New World.

Regions
Central Europe (1565 - 1647)
West Europe (1565 - 1647)
North Europe (1565 - 1647)
Southwest Europe (1565 - 1647)
Northern North America (1565 - 1647)
West Indies (1565 - 1647)
Macaronesia (1565 - 1647)