Stories of American explorers : a historical reader . o apply it to good purposes. Asthe story goes on, you will find that we to-day owemuch to him for the attempts he made to establishan English colony in this country. In order tocarry out this plan, which was very near his heart,he got permission from the Queen to make discov-eries and to take possession of lands not alreadyoccupied by any Christian prince. He wished toplant a colony in the country north of Florida,for England claimed this land because the Cabotswere the first men to discover the mainland ofNorth America. Already, hefore Ral
Stories of American explorers : a historical reader . o apply it to good purposes. Asthe story goes on, you will find that we to-day owemuch to him for the attempts he made to establishan English colony in this country. In order tocarry out this plan, which was very near his heart,he got permission from the Queen to make discov-eries and to take possession of lands not alreadyoccupied by any Christian prince. He wished toplant a colony in the country north of Florida,for England claimed this land because the Cabotswere the first men to discover the mainland ofNorth America. Already, hefore Raleighs time, efforts had been Sir made to settle- it, but they were , in 1584, Raleigh fitted out two vessels, whichhe sent over to the New World to find out some-thing about the country. The men in chargeof these vesselsbrought back toRaleigh as productsof the expeditiontwo Indians, someskins of wild ani-mals, and a stringof pearls that wereas big as large said they •/ •/ found the Indiansin this countryfriendlv and the.
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