Jamestown
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The Jamestown settlement in the Colony of Virginia was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. It was located, in what later became James City County, on the northeast bank of the Jame
Location of Jamestown in Virginia
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Samuel Argall with the Chickahominy Tribe of Virginia
Matthäus Merian dÆ, Således blev også denne fred brudt på grund af bedrag, KK Sgb 10894 5, Statens Museum for Kunst
Roanoke Colony
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The Roanoke Colony was the site of two attempts by Sir Walter Raleigh to found the first permanent English settlement in North America. The first colony was established at Roanoke Island in 1585 as a
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…Company of London as "James Fort" on May 4, 1607 O.S. (May 14, 1607 N.S.). It followed earlier, failed English colonization attempts, including the 1585 Roanoke Colony. A river island was selected to evade Spanish naval patrols; however, it was infested with mosquitoes, lacked potable water, and was used by the Paspahegh…
19th-century illustration depicting the discovery of the abandoned colony, 1590
The arrival of the Englishmen in Virginia (1590). Engraving by Theodor De Bry, from a drawing by John White.
Sir Richard Grenville
Ralph Lane's fort at Mosquetal