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Roanoke Voyages
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Carolina
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HARTEO
JUL
13
1984
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On March 25, 1584, Walter Raleigh was granted permis-
sion by Queen Elizabeth I to establish an English colony
in the New World. He sent several expeditions, but none
of them successfully established a colony. Land was
claimed in the name of the Queen, however . . . and
she was so pleased that she knighted Raleigh. Encour-
aged, Sir Walter Raleigh sent another group of 117
settlers to the colony in Virginia. The leader – John
White — was instructed to settle and explore the shores
of the Chesapeake Bay. But the sailors of the ship refused
to take the group any farther than Roanoke Island, so
the settlers were forced to land there. Twenty-seven days
after they arrived, on August 18, 1587, John White's
grandchild — Virginia Dare — became the first English
child to be born in the New World. White returned to
England for more supplies and settlers, and didn't return
until 1591. He was dumbfounded by what he
found ... the Roanoke Colony was deserted and the
only clue to the settlers' whereabouts was a single word
scratched into a doorpost — Croatoan.
No. 84-33
©1984 The Maximum Card Collection
A Division of Unicover Corporation • Cheyenne, WY 82008-0007
Original painting by Shannon Stirnweis.
