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Gates, Sir Thomas

Gates, Sir Thomas (fl. 1596–1621),
Governor of Virginia, wrecked off Bermuda en route to the colony in the Sea-Adventure in 1609. Various accounts of the incident, including William Strachey's in Samuel Purchas's Pilgrims, Richard Rich's News from Virginia, and Sylvester Jourdan's A Discovery of the Bermudas, are possible sources for The Tempest.

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