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  2. Roanoke Colony - Wikipedia

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    The colony was founded in 1585, but when it was visited by a ship in 1590, the colonists had inexplicably disappeared. It has come to be known as the Lost Colony, and the fate of the 112 to 121 colonists remains unknown. Roanoke Colony was founded by the governor Ralph Lane in 1585 on Roanoke Island in present-day Dare County, North Carolina. [1]

  3. Roanoke Island - Wikipedia

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    Roanoke Island was the site of the 16th-century Roanoke Colony, the first English colony in the New World. It was located in what was then called Virginia, named in honor of England's ruling monarch and "Virgin Queen", Elizabeth I.

  4. Watts' West Indies and Virginia expedition - Wikipedia

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    Watts' West Indies and Virginia expedition also known as the Action of Cape Tiburon [5] was an English expedition to the Spanish Main during the Anglo–Spanish War. [ 4 ] [ 7 ] The expedition began on 10 May and ended by 18 July 1590 and was commanded by Abraham Cocke and Christopher Newport .

  5. Timeline of the European colonization of North America

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    1585: Roanoke Colony founded by English on Roanoke Island, North Carolina, failed in 1587; 1598: Failed French settlement on Sable Island off Nova Scotia. 1598: Spanish settlement in Northern New Mexico. 1600: By 1600 Spain and Portugal were still the only significant colonial powers.

  6. Thirteen Colonies - Wikipedia

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    Earlier, along the coast, the Roanoke Colony was established in 1585, re-established in 1587, and found abandoned in 1590. 17th century See also: Colonial history of the United States , British colonization of the Americas , and Timeline of Colonial America

  7. John White (colonist and artist) - Wikipedia

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    This was the earliest effort to establish a permanent English colony in the New World. White's granddaughter Virginia Dare was the first English child born in North America. In late 1587, White returned to England for supplies. The return expedition was delayed due to various reasons, including the Spanish Armada. Governor White finally ...

  8. Timeline of Jamestown, Virginia - Wikipedia

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    August 18, 1590 (): John White and the Watts expedition men discover the Roanoke Colony abandoned May–June 1602: Captain Bartholomew Gosnold , Captain Bartholomew Gilbert , Captain Gabriel Archer , and others explore the New World coast with the intention of starting a colony but occupy Cuttyhunk Island for only a few weeks before returning ...

  9. Ralph Lane - Wikipedia

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    Despite this incident and the shortage of food, Lane and 107 other settlers were left on Roanoke Island, Virginia, on 17 August 1585 [2] [12] to establish a colony on its north end. They built a small fort, probably similar to the one at Guayanilla Bay, but Lane and Grenville fell out with each other, a foretaste of the troubles that dogged the ...