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  2. Roanoke Colony - Wikipedia

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    The Roanoke Colony (/ ˈ r oʊ ə n oʊ k / 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.

  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. Ajacán Mission - Wikipedia

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    In 1587, English settlers tried to establish a colony on Roanoke Island off the Virginia coast. Relief supplies were delayed for nearly three years when Philip II of Spain attempted to invade England, and all available ships were pressed into service to repel the Spanish Armada. A relief ship finally arrived, but the Roanoke colonists had ...

  5. History of Virginia - Wikipedia

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    The Roanoke Colony was the first English colony in the New World. It was founded at Roanoke Island in what was then Virginia, now part of Dare County, North Carolina . Between 1584 and 1587, there were two major groups of settlers sponsored by Sir Walter Raleigh who attempted to establish a permanent settlement at Roanoke Island, and each failed.

  6. 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 ...

  7. Raid on St. Augustine - Wikipedia

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    35 killed or wounded [4] Light. The Raid on St. Augustine was a military event during the Anglo-Spanish War in which the Spanish settlement of St. Augustine in Florida (Spanish: San Agustín)) was captured in a small fight and burnt by an English expedition fleet led by Sir Francis Drake. [1] This was part of Sir Francis Drake's Great ...

  8. 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 ...

  9. Spanish Empire - Wikipedia

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    The Spanish Empire, [b] sometimes referred to as the Hispanic Monarchy[c] or the Catholic Monarchy, [d][4][5][6] was a colonial empire that existed between 1492 and 1976. [7][8] In conjunction with the Portuguese Empire, it ushered in the European Age of Discovery. It achieved a global scale, [9] controlling vast portions of the Americas ...