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Henry Timberlake (1730 or 1735 – September 30, 1765) was a colonial Anglo-American officer, journalist, and cartographer. He was born in the Colony of Virginia and died in England. He is best known for his work as an emissary from the British colonies to the Overhill Cherokee during the 1761–1762 Timberlake Expedition .
Apr 15, 2015 · These memoirs of the Anglo-American colonial officer Lieutenant Henry Timberlake focus on the last seven years of his life, and specifically his work as emissary to the Cherokee Indians, including a remarkable journey made in 1762 with three Cherokee leaders to London to meet King George III.
Oct 8, 2017 · Henry Timberlake was a colonial journalist and cartographer who traveled to the Cherokee country in 1761-1762. He wrote a journal and a map of the Overhill villages, providing valuable information about eighteenth-century Cherokee life.
Henry Timberlake (1570 – 1625) was an English merchant and member of the Company of Merchant Adventurers of London, a trading guild founded in the early 15th century. Born in 1570, Timberlake eventually acquired enough capital to join the guild sometime before 1601.
Timberlake, Henry (d. 1625/6), merchant and traveller, came from the parish of Titchfield, near Portsmouth. Although nothing is known of his parents or his early life, in 1597 Timberlake is noted as owning shares, with Francis Cherry and Edward Dartnall, in the ship Edward Bonaventure, which traded with Russia and the Levant.
May 4, 2021 · "The Memoirs of Lieut. Henry Timberlake" is a historical account written in the mid-18th century. The book chronicles the author’s experiences and observations during his travels with three Cherokee Indians to England, detailing the customs, government, and culture of the Cherokee people as well as Timberlake's perilous journey.
Lt. Henry Timberlake's Memoirs provide the most detailed account of Cherokee life in the eighteenth century. Timberlake visited the Cherokee Overhill towns for three months in 1761-62 and accompanied three Cherokee leaders to London to meet with King George III and other political figures.
