What to see in America . Prehistoric Mound at Moundsville. The Lumbee River, near Pinehurst XVI North Carolina The first Enghsh colony in America was estabHshed in thesummer of 1585 on Roanoke Island off the coast of the OldNorth State at the entrance to Albemarle Sound. A yearearlier, Walter Raleigh, who had the permission of QueenEHzabeth to search for any lands not owned by Christianpeople and the same to occupy and enjoy forever, senttwo ships across the Atlantic to search for a good place toplant a colony. When the captains returned, after visitingsome of the islands and portions of the m
What to see in America . Prehistoric Mound at Moundsville. The Lumbee River, near Pinehurst XVI North Carolina The first Enghsh colony in America was estabHshed in thesummer of 1585 on Roanoke Island off the coast of the OldNorth State at the entrance to Albemarle Sound. A yearearlier, Walter Raleigh, who had the permission of QueenEHzabeth to search for any lands not owned by Christianpeople and the same to occupy and enjoy forever, senttwo ships across the Atlantic to search for a good place toplant a colony. When the captains returned, after visitingsome of the islands and portions of the mainland of NorthCarolina, they reported that they thought the soil of theregion was the most plentiful, sweet, fruitful, and wholesomeof the whole world. The queen showed her pleasure bymaking Raleigh a knight, and henceforth he was called SirWalter Raleigh. His colony did not prosper. After a yearof hardships the settlers were picked up and carried toEngland by Sir Francis Drake, who chanced to voyage totheir vicinity. They had been gone only fourteen d
Size: 2263px × 1104px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthorjohnsonc, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, bookyear1919
