Raleigh's first Roanoke Colony
Subtitle: an account of the particularities of the imployments of the English men left in Virginia by Richard Greenevill under the charge of Master Ralph Lane Generall of the same, from the 17. of August 1585 until the 18. of June 1586 at which time they departed the Countrey; sent and directed to Sir Walter Ralegh
By: the account by Ralph Lane
Contributors: Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552?-1618; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library
Edition: Electronic ed.
Series: Old South leaflets (General series) -- no. 119
Publisher: Academic Affairs Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Chapel Hill, N.C.]
Language: eng
Subjects: Travel; Discovery and exploration; History; Indians of North America
Other titles: The North Carolina experience, beginnings to 1940.
Description: Sir Ralph Lane, acting as governor of Roanoke, describes the eight months the colony stayed in North Carolina to Sir Walter Raleigh, including the hardships, scarce supplies, disputes among the colonists, and conflicts with the natives. He provides details of land explorations to inland and coastal North Carolina and Virginia and surrounding areas, and natural resources including crops, pearls, and minerals. In June, 1586, Lane killed Wingina, a tribal chief, after learning of a tribal conspiracy to attack the colonists. On the following day, Sir Francis Drake arrived with supplies and men, but following a disastrous hurricane, Lane decided to return to England with Drake and most of the colonists. Includes an extract of Lane's letter to M. Richard Hakluyt, and another Gentleman of the Middle Temple from Virginia and brief note written by Edwin D. Mead praising Sir Walter Raleigh for his role in exploring and settling the New World. Concludes with a summary of this work and other works written about it with suggestions for further reading.
Notes: Title from electronic caption on pg. [1] (viewed March 11, 2003)

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Transcribed from: Raleigh's first Roanoke Colony : the account / by Ralph Lane, an account of the particularities of the imployments of the English men left in Virginia by Richard Greenevill under the charge of Master Ralph Lane Generall of the same, from the 17. of August 1585. until the 18. of June 1586. at which time they departed the Countrey; sent and directed to Sir Walter Ralegh. Boston, Mass. : Published by the Directors of the Old South Work, [1902] 24 p. ; 20 cm. Old South leaflets ; no. 119. Caption title.

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