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John Guy
John Guy was a Bristol merchant who led the first English attempt at permanent settlement in Newfoundland. In 1610 he founded the colony of Cupids on Conception Bay for the London and Bristol Company and served as its first governor. The colony struggled, but it opened the way for other proprietary ventures on the island.
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