Essays Tagged: "Roanoke Island"

The Lost Colony at Roanoke

rt made by the English to establish a colony in America, occurred in the late sixteenth century, at Roanoke Island. Starting in 1584 efforts were made to explore the east coast of North America as far ... roved to be one of the greatest American mysteries when the colony was discovered abandoned in 1590.Roanoke Island is an island just off the coast of present day North Carolina. The Albemarle Sound, C ...

(7 pages) 77 0 4.4 Nov/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Jamestown, Virginia.

ful. Twenty years earlier, a colony had been started about one hundred miles south of Jamestown, on Roanoke Island that proved to be unsuccessful.On March 25, 1584, Walter Raleigh obtained from Queen ... e entered Pamlico Sound at Ocracoke Inlet and a few days later Barlowe and eight of his men reached Roanoke Island. From early July until mid September a small band of men explored the region as best ...

(6 pages) 203 3 4.6 May/2003

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

The United States of America.

came the oldest permanent settlement in the United States. In 1585, the British settled a colony on Roanoke Island off the coast of North Carolina. The colony was later known as the "Lost Colony" due ...

(6 pages) 248 0 4.4 May/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers

First Half of US History

er Raleigh of the Sea Dogs formed a joint stock company and received a charter to found a colony on Roanoke Island in 1584. It failed, and he tried again in 1585 and 1587. Both were failures, and the ... er Raleigh of the Sea Dogs formed a joint stock company and received a charter to found a colony on Roanoke Island in 1584. It failed, and he tried again in 1585 and 1587. Both were failures, and the ...

(139 pages) 930 0 3.4 Sep/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

First English Settlements

ed with severe problems and nearly failed. In 1587 Sir Walter Raleigh financed the establishment on Roanoke Island. About 20 years passes before the English tried to go for the second settlement, abou ... anies because it was easier to afford the voyage being financed by companies back in Europe. Unlike Roanoke this colony was very successful with none or perhaps very little help from Native Americans. ...

(2 pages) 17 0 5.0 Sep/2001

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Sir Walter Raleigh

s, and especially Sir Walter Ralegh who uncovered the Guiana and established the Virginia colony of Roanoke Island (Elizabethan).Sir Walter Ralegh was born in 1554, or some sources said 1552, in Hayes ... cution to the hesitant executioner. Even after his death, people still remember him as he colonized Roanoke Island and Guiana and involved in Columbian Exchange of trading potatoes and tobacco. An exp ...

(3 pages) 0 0 0.0 Jan/2013

Subjects: History Term Papers

European Contact with Native Americans

Thomas Hariet recorded his observation of the spread of these diseases on his English expedition to Roanoke Island in 1585; "There was no towne where we had any subtile devise practiced against us, we ...

(7 pages) 2 0 0.0 Oct/2014

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History