Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Chesapeake Bay” in entry raleigh-sir-walter of Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History:
...ony, but the settlement was abandoned.
The settlers had gone home in one of Drake's ships (Drake, Sir Francis). In 1587 Raleigh sent out a colony of farmers and mechanics to settle on the shores of Chesapeake Bay , with John White as governor.
He gave them a charter and a municipal government to found the City of Raleigh.
White landed on Roanoke Island and went back to England for reinforcements and suppl...
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| † | Chesapeake Bay (United States) | 506 | 144 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | |
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