Location : ../.. > Ward > Plymouth > St. Peter & the Waterfront Ward > Barbican Mayflower Steps > West Pier
Site/Position : On wall.

Main Transcription
Description : Lettering is engrave, all capitals, serif.
Transcription : FROM PLYMOUTH SOUND ON JUNE 11TH 1583 / SIR HUMPHREY GILBERT / "THE FATHER OF BRITISH COLONISATION" / SET SAIL FOR NEWFOUNDLAND / WHICH HE CLAIMED FOR QUEEN ELIZABETH I / ON 5TH AUGUST./ THIS PLAQUE WAS UNVEILED BY / THE HONOURABLE A. BRIAN PECKFORD, P.C. / PREMIER OF NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR / ON JUNE 14TH 1983 IN THE PRESENCE OF / COUNCILLOR DEREK MITCHELL / LORD MAYOR OF PLYMOUTH / TO COMMEMORATE THE 400TH ANNIVERSARY OF GILBERTS VOYAGE.

Material : marble

Reference Number : PLAQUE 086