. Our colonial history from the discovery of America to the close of the revolution. continent of America. It was thought by somethat there might be a strait in the northern part of the conti-nent, by means of which a shorter route than Magellanscould be found. This was generally spoken of as theNorthwest passage. 30. Frobisher and Davis.—Toward the end of the sixteenthcentury, unsuccessful attempts were made by Frobisher andby Davis, two English navigators, to find the Northwestpassage. Frobisher discovered Frobisher Bay and found outconsiderable about the Eskimos. Davis discovered the Strait
. Our colonial history from the discovery of America to the close of the revolution. continent of America. It was thought by somethat there might be a strait in the northern part of the conti-nent, by means of which a shorter route than Magellanscould be found. This was generally spoken of as theNorthwest passage. 30. Frobisher and Davis.—Toward the end of the sixteenthcentury, unsuccessful attempts were made by Frobisher andby Davis, two English navigators, to find the Northwestpassage. Frobisher discovered Frobisher Bay and found outconsiderable about the Eskimos. Davis discovered the Straitthat bears his name. 31. Sir Walter Raleigh.—At about this time, an Englishcourtier, named Sir Walter Raleigh, thought it would be a goodplan to send some English people over to America to live there—in other words, he wished to plant English colonies in theNew World. Queen Elizabeth was very fond of gave him permission to establish the colonies and madehim their Governor. Raleigh sent out the first expedition in 1584. The colonists 32 DISCOVERY AND EXPLORATION. Sir Walter Raleig-h, landed on Roanoke Island, on the coast of North named the land Virginia, in honor of Elizabeth, thevirgin queen. The colonists were disappointed at not finding gold. Food and provisions were scarce,so when Drake happened to visit theisland, the discouraged colonists werevery glad to get on his ship and returnhome to England. Another attempt was made by Ra-leigh to found a colony. It met a sadfate. No one knows what became ofthe colonists. It is supposed that allof them were killed by the Indians. Itwas in this colony that the first whitechild was born in America. Her name was Virginia disappeared along with the rest of the colony. The first colonists brought back to England two valuableproducts, the potato and tobacco. The potato soon becamean important article of food all over Europe. White peoplesoon acquired the habit of using tobacco, and large quantit
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