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Capture of Roanoke
Founds a colony on Roanoke Island for which he is knighted
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Roanoke in England. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Founds a colony on Roanoke Island for which he is knighted
Provenance
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