Career
Pearson was most likely sent by Percival Willoughby to access the agricultural potential of the colony and surroundings. He had found little in the way of establishing a farming business but he did collect much information on the wildlife. On their return trip, the boat was shipwrecked at Bay de Verde.
The survivors were forced to walk to Carbonear where they found a boat and finally returned to Cuper"s Cove.
Pearson had requested of Willoughby his dismissal from the colony and did return to England in 1613.
