James Horn
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May 18, 1953
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“In the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries, the English had been among the pioneers of Atlantic exploration, but during the long reign of Henry VIII (Queen Elizabeth’s father) merchants and mariners had turned away from distant horizons and focused instead on opportunities nearer to home, trading with Europe and countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea. Other”
― A Kingdom Strange: The Brief and Tragic History of the Lost Colony of Roanoke
― A Kingdom Strange: The Brief and Tragic History of the Lost Colony of Roanoke
“Early in 1583 Elizabeth granted Ralegh the use of Durham House, a “noble palace” on the Thames, formerly the London residence of the bishops of Durham.”
― A Kingdom Strange: The Brief and Tragic History of the Lost Colony of Roanoke
― A Kingdom Strange: The Brief and Tragic History of the Lost Colony of Roanoke
“HAVING ASSEMBLED the men who would plan and take part in his expeditions to America, Ralegh’s next task was to determine where a colony should be located and what kind of settlement it would be.”
― A Kingdom Strange: The Brief and Tragic History of the Lost Colony of Roanoke
― A Kingdom Strange: The Brief and Tragic History of the Lost Colony of Roanoke
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