The Leading Facts of American HistoryGinn & Company, 1898 - 367 pages |
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... VIRGINIA 1584 Jean Ribaut 1562 . Laudonnière 1564 . St.Augustine 1565 . A ICELAND NEWFOUNDLAND 1497 . Cabot 1497 . Z Gosnold 1602 . Columbus 1492 . AZORES CANARY ISLANDS Drake 1579 . с I ༤༥ T Bay of San ENGLAND SPAIN.
... VIRGINIA 1584 Jean Ribaut 1562 . Laudonnière 1564 . St.Augustine 1565 . A ICELAND NEWFOUNDLAND 1497 . Cabot 1497 . Z Gosnold 1602 . Columbus 1492 . AZORES CANARY ISLANDS Drake 1579 . с I ༤༥ T Bay of San ENGLAND SPAIN.
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... Virginia . -In 1584 Walter Raleigh , a favorite of Queen Elizabeth , re- ceived a charter from her granting him the right to explore and settle the eastern coast of America . That charter made Raleigh governor , with full power to enact ...
... Virginia . -In 1584 Walter Raleigh , a favorite of Queen Elizabeth , re- ceived a charter from her granting him the right to explore and settle the eastern coast of America . That charter made Raleigh governor , with full power to enact ...
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... Virginia , as held by Sir Walter's charter , extended from the southern boundary of what is now North Carolina to beyond Halifax.1 Westward it reached six hundred miles , or nearly to the Mississippi . But the colonists had not been ...
... Virginia , as held by Sir Walter's charter , extended from the southern boundary of what is now North Carolina to beyond Halifax.1 Westward it reached six hundred miles , or nearly to the Mississippi . But the colonists had not been ...
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... Virginia . Governor White soon sailed for England to get further help - for the colony , leaving his daughter and his granddaughter , little Vir- ginia Dare , to await his return . That was the last he ever saw of them . Circumstances ...
... Virginia . Governor White soon sailed for England to get further help - for the colony , leaving his daughter and his granddaughter , little Vir- ginia Dare , to await his return . That was the last he ever saw of them . Circumstances ...
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... Virginia . We have seen how Ponce de Leon and De Soto attempted to conquer Florida . We have witnessed the struggle between the French and the Spaniards for possession of that country , and have seen it end with the triumph of the ...
... Virginia . We have seen how Ponce de Leon and De Soto attempted to conquer Florida . We have witnessed the struggle between the French and the Spaniards for possession of that country , and have seen it end with the triumph of the ...
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