Robert Harcourt (explorer)
Robert Harcourt (1574?–1631) was an English explorer, projector of a South American colony, in what was later
Life
Born about 1574 at
On 23 March 1609, accompanied by his brother Michael and a company of adventurers, Robert Harcourt sailed for Guiana. On 11 May, he arrived at the
At this time, Harcourt was involved in a dispute with his brother-in-law, Anthony Fitzherbert, about his claim to the manor of
Harcourt died on 20 May 1631, aged 57, and was buried at Stanton Harcourt.[1]
Family
Harcourt married, first, Elizabeth, daughter of John Fitzherbert of Norbury, Derbyshire, by whom he had no issue; and secondly, Frances, daughter of Geoffrey Vere, fourth son of
References
- ^ a b c d e Goodwin, Gordon (1890). Stephen, Leslie; Lee, Sidney (eds.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 24. London: Smith, Elder & Co. . In
- ^ A Relation of a Voyage to Gviana. Describing the climat, scituation, fertilitie, prouisions, and commodities of that Country. . . . Together with the manners, customes, behauiors, and dispositions of the people, London, 1613.
- ^ The Voyage was reprinted in pt. iv. of Samuel Purchas's Pilgrimes, 1625, and in vol. vi. of the 'Harleian Miscellany,' ed. Park. Latin and German versions appeared in T. de Bry's collection, and a Dutch version in the series edited by P. Vander Aa.
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Goodwin, Gordon (1890). "Harcourt, Robert". In Stephen, Leslie; Lee, Sidney (eds.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 24. London: Smith, Elder & Co.