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  2. List of colonists at Roanoke - Wikipedia

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    The list denotes 107 men who served under Lane, for a total of 108 colonists. [1] A point of contention among historians is that John White is not listed among the 1585 colonists. [2]: 259 White is known to have arrived at Roanoke with the colonists, but there is no record of him remaining with the colony through the winter or returning to ...

  3. Simon Fernandes - Wikipedia

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    Simon Fernandes (Portuguese: Simão Fernandes; c. 1538 – c. 1590) was a 16th-century Portuguese-born navigator and sometimes pirate who piloted the 1585 and 1587 English expeditions to found colonies on Roanoke island, part of modern-day North Carolina but then known as Virginia. Fernandes trained as a navigator in Spain at the famed Casa de ...

  4. Roanoke Colony - Wikipedia

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    The Roanoke Colony (/ ˈroʊənoʊk / ROH-ə-nohk) was an attempt by Sir Walter Raleigh to find the first permanent English settlement in North America. 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 ...

  5. Timeline of Jamestown, Virginia - Wikipedia

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    April 26, 1607 (1607-04-26): First landing of the English settlers occurs at Cape Henry. May 4, 1607 (1607-05-04): Fleet meets Rappahannock people and visit a Paspahegh native village where the colonists were entertained. May 8, 1607 (1607-05-08): Fleet encounters Appomattoc native up the James River.

  6. Ajacán Mission - Wikipedia

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    t. e. The Ajacán Mission (Spanish pronunciation: [axaˈkan]) (also Axaca, Axacam, Iacan, Jacán, Xacan) was a Spanish attempt in 1570 to establish a Jesuit mission in the vicinity of the Virginia Peninsula to bring Christianity to the Virginia Native Americans. [1] The effort to found St. Mary's Mission predated the founding of the English ...

  7. First Virginia Charter - Wikipedia

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    Map showing the grants provided for in the Charter of 1606. The First Charter of Virginia, also known as the Charter of 1606, is a document from King James I of England to the Virginia Company assigning land rights to colonists for the creation of a settlement which could be used as a base to export commodities to Great Britain and create a buffer preventing total Spanish control of the North ...

  8. John White (colonist and artist) - Wikipedia

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    John White (c. 1539 – c. 1593) was an English colonial governor, explorer, artist, and cartographer. White was among those who sailed with Richard Grenville in the first attempt to colonize Roanoke Island in 1585, acting as artist and mapmaker to the expedition. He would most famously briefly serve as the governor of the second attempt to ...

  9. Fort Raleigh National Historic Site - Wikipedia

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    The historic site is off U.S. Highway 64 on the north end of Roanoke Island, North Carolina, about 3 miles (4.8 km) north of the town of Manteo. The visitor center's museum contains exhibits about the history of the English expeditions and colonies, the Roanoke Colony, and the island's Civil War history and Freedmen's Colony (1863-1867).