Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Roanoke Island (/ ˈ r oʊ ə n oʊ k /) is an island in Dare County, bordered by the Outer Banks of North Carolina. It was named after the historical Roanoke , a Carolina Algonquian people who inhabited the area in the 16th century at the time of English colonization .
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).
2.20 Pennsylvania. 2.21 Rhode Island. 2.22 Tennessee. ... Freedmen's Colony of Roanoke Island Network to Freedom site — Manteo, ... Map of Underground Railroad ...
Most notably the English Roanoke Colony vanished from Roanoke Island in 1587 and was the first location where an English person, Virginia Dare, was born in the Americas. [2] The hundreds of shipwrecks along the Outer Banks have given the surrounding seas the nickname Graveyard of the Atlantic .
Map depicting the Colony of Virginia (according to the Second Charter), made by Willem Blaeu between 1609 and 1638. For the third supply, the London Company had a new ship built. The Sea Venture was designed to emit additional colonists and transport supplies. It became the flagship of the admiral of the convoy, Sir George Somers.
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. ... like Category:River islands of Pennsylvania. It should hold all the pages in the child categories, and may hold other ...
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.
Wanchese (/ ˈ w ɒ n tʃ iː z / WAHN-cheez) is a census-designated place (CDP) on Roanoke Island in Dare County, North Carolina, United States. It was named after Wanchese, the last known ruler of the Roanoke Native American tribe encountered by English colonists in the sixteenth century. The population was 1,642 at the 2010 census.