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pistol of the insignificant Gerard destroyed the possibility of a united
Netherland state, while during the life of William there was union in
the policy, unity in the history of the country.
NAMING OF VIRGINIA: FIRST DESCRIPTION OF THE INDIANS
THE LOST COLONY
A.D. 1584
ARTHUR BARLOW R. R. HOWISON
At the age of thirty-two Sir Walter Raleigh had already been
connected with navigating and colonizing expeditions to North
America. He was associated with the enterprise of his elder
half-brother, Sir Humphrey Gilbert, who in 1583 established at St.
John's, Newfoundland, the first English colony beyond seas. Upon the
death of Gilbert, in that year, Raleigh succeeded to his enterprise,
and obtained from Queen Elizabeth, whose favorite he was, a charter
of colonization.
When next year he sent out his first expedition to find some
suitable spot for a colony on the North American coast, Raleigh took
warning from the unfortunate experiences of Gilbert in the northern
latitudes, and directed his two commanders, Philip Amidas and Arthur
Barlow, to take another route. They accordingly took the old way by
the Canary Islands.
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