FIRST ENGLISH SETTLEMENT IN AMERICA
Th<) first Engll-hßet lement m Amerka ended m a catastrophe, Jiut over one hundred English po^p'o wt-re dwellhg on the islaod c.t Rom- kg when v\ bite, the governor app inted by Raleivb, embarked for 1 nj^lwnd to oMaiu reio orcemenia and supplies. Tne Spanish Armada was thou about to sail, and Whito en^p'oyed the two vessels which Raleigh gave him m privateering iid venture ir.Europe>>n waters. When two yeare later he relumed to Eoanoke he co ony had d (-appeared. No relic or iMcord, no stolen property or native tradition, ever e* planed their f ato ;no captive returned or waa rescued. History Ofly knows that the iirat English utttlement m Amorica vanished inexplicably, utterly and for ever.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1761, 8 February 1888, Page 3
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124FIRST ENGLISH SETTLEMENT IN AMERICA Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1761, 8 February 1888, Page 3
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