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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Raleigh, Sir Walter 1552- (search)
s governor of the colony, Philip Amidas as admiral of the fleet, Thomas Cavendish, who the next year followed the path of Drake around the world, Thomas Harriott (see Harriott, Thomas), as historian of the expedition, and John With, a competent painh sent reinforcements and supplies to the colony, 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 ChesaDrake, 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 supplies. Two of Raleigh's supply ships were catents a company of Merchants and adventurers to carry on his colonization schemes in America, but it was a failure. With Drake he went to restore Dom Antonio to the throne of Portugal in 1589; brought the poet Edmund Spenser from Ireland to the Bri
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Roanoke Island (search)
the mainland to announce the coming of the English, and for eight days Sir Richard Roanoke Island. explored the country in search of precious metals, and by his conduct made the natives his enemies. Ralph Lane, who went with Grenville as governor of the country, was delighted with it, as being one of the most fertile regions he had ever beheld; but he contented himself with searching for gold. His colony, half starved, and afraid of the offended Indians, deserted Roanoke Island in one of Drake's ships. Other attempts to settle there failed. In the American Civil War Roanoke Island became historically conspicuous. Early in 1862 an expedition was fitted out at Hampton Roads for operations against the island. It was composed of over 100 war-vessels and transports, commanded by Commodore L. M. Goldsborough, and bearing 16,000 troops under Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside. The armament left the Roads on Sunday, Jan. 11, 1862, with its destination unknown excepting to certain officers.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Santiago, naval battle of (search)
and Castile, shall know Spain no more. They lift the veil of the historic past, and see that on that July morning a great empire had met its end, and passed finally out of the New World, because it was unfit to rule and govern men. And they and all men see now, and ever more clearly will see, that in the fight off Santiago another great fact had reasserted itself for the consideration of the world. For that fight had displayed once more the victorious sea spirit of a conquering race. It is the spirit of the Jomsberg Viking, who, alone and wounded, springs into the sea from his sinking boat with defiance on Santiago from the Harbor. his lips. It comes down through Grenville and Drake and Howard and Blake, on to Perry and Macdonough and Hull and Decatur. Here on this summer Sunday it has been shown again to be as vital and as clear as ever, even as it was with Nelson dying at Trafalgar, and with Farragut and his men in the fights of bay and river more than thirty years before.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Spain. (search)
fever broke out among them with great fury. Cathcart and Spottswood perished by the disease, and the command devolved on General Wentworth, who could not agree with Vernon. After several unsuccessful attacks upon the city, the enterprise was abandoned, with immense loss, chiefly through sickness. Additional troops were sent from Massachusetts, and, with them, Vernon sailed for Cuba, but was unsuccessful. A fleet under Anson, which had been sent to the Pacific to repeat the exploits of Drake on the American coast, was equally unsuccessful. England then found herself (1742) threatened with a war with France. The war, really begun through the resolution of British merchants to force a trade with Spanish America, after spreading first to Europe and then to India, and adding nearly $150,000,000 to the British national debt, was brought to a close by the treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle in the autumn of 1748. The position and strength of the countries occupied by the Americans, said Gr
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Spain, War with (search)
ern coast where the first Spanish colony was planted by Columbus. About three centuries ago a disaster had resulted to a British expedition against the Spaniards, worthy of mention at the present time. The expedition had originally been directed against the very point of Porto Rico for which we had set sail. It was under the command of two of England's most famous naval heroes. The circumstance is related at some length by the historian Hume, but more briefly by Knight, who says: Sir Francis Drake and Sir John Hawkins sailed with six of the Queen's ships, and twenty others fitted out at private charge, having on board a considerable land force commanded by Sir Thomas Baskerville. They made an assault on Porto Rico, but they were repulsed. A century ago, after the Franco-Spanish alliance against England, the British prepared to weaken Spain through attacks on her colonies. A squadron was assembled in the West Indies under the command of Sir Ralph Abercrombie, which attacked
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Tobacco, (search)
Tobacco, A plant so called by the natives of Haiti, or Santo Domingo. It played an important part in the early history of Virginia, and was found there under cultivation by the natives by the first adventurers sent by Raleigh, and by them introduced into England, where its use rapidly increased. Ralph Lane and his companions, who went back to England from Virginia, with Sir Francis Drake, carried with them the first tobacco seen in that country, and Sir Walter introduced it to the Queen and the nobility. When the English became seated at Jamestown, they began its cultivation, and it soon became the staple agricultural product of the colony, and their chief source of revenue. Within less than ten years it became the standard currency of the colonies, by the price of which values were regulated. The standard price was about 66 cents a pound. For the seven years ending in 1621, the annual exportation of tobacco to England from Virginia averaged about 143,000 lbs. King James tr
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
by Pizarro......July, 1538 De Soto, Fernando, born in Spain in 1496 (?); died on the banks of the Mississippi, June, 1542; explorer of the southern United States; discoverer of the Mississippi......1540-42 Coronado, Francesco Vasquez de, died in 1542; explorer of the territory north of Mexico, now New Mexico, Arizona, and Colorado......1540-42 Frobisher, Sir Martin, born in England in 1536; died in Plymouth, England, Nov. 7, 1594; discovers Frobisher's Strait......July 21, 1576 Drake, Sir Francis, born in England in 1537 (?); died in Puerto Bello, Dec. 27, 1595; explores the coast of California in 1578-79; first Englishman to sail around the globe, reaching England......1580 Davis, John, born in England in 1550; died on the coast of Malacca in 1605; discoverer of Davis's Strait in 1585; of the Falkland Islands......1592 Hudson, Henry, born in England; discoverer and explorer of the Hudson River in the interests of the Dutch, September, 1609, and Hudson Bay in 1611
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), California (search)
aches Monterey......Nov. 14, 1542 After Cabrillo's death at San Miguel, Jan. 3, 1543, Farallo, his pilot, reaches a point recorded as 44° N., but now believed to have been Cape Mendocino, 40° 30′ N......March 10, 1543 English explorer Sir Francis Drake touches the coast at lat. 43° N., June, 1579; sailing south, he lands in a bay at Cape of the Kings about 30 miles northwest of San Francisco, June 17; received kindly by the natives, and calls the country New Albion. Drake leaves......JuDrake leaves......July, 1579 Spanish voyageur Sebastian Vizcaino (Biscayer) sails from Acapulco, and is said to have visited the bays of San Diego and Monterey during the latter part of......1602 After 150 years, with little further exploration, the Spaniards, aroused by priests and by reports of Russian advances southward from Alaska, send to the Pacific coast Jose de Galves, who leaves Mexico......April 9, 1768 Galvez, in Lower California, fits out an expedition for Fransiscan fathers, by sea and land;
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Florida, (search)
e latter compiles a catechism in Indian language......1568 Dominic de Gourgues lands near the mouth of St. Mary's River, at Fernandina, with 184 men. Befriended by Indians hostile to the Spanish, and seeking revenge for the French, he surprises the Spanish, destroys Fort San Mateo, and sets sail for France......May 3, 1568 Menendez, having returned, spends a few years in Florida, then leaves the government to his relative, Marquis de Menendez, and again goes to Spain......1572 Sir Francis Drake lands at St. Augustine and destroys the fort which the Spaniards abandoned, but rebuilt immediately after his departure......May 8, 1586 Twelve brothers of the Order of St. Francis sent to Florida to continue the mission on the island of Guale......1593 Son of the chief of Guale incites a general conspiracy, and the missionaries are massacred......1598 War between the Spanish and Apalachee Indians, who are conquered, and a large number set to work on the fortifications of St.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Virginia, (search)
nville lands on the island of Wocoken......July 26, 1585 Leaving 108 men under Ralph Lane as colonists, Grenville returns to England......Aug. 25, 1585 Sir Francis Drake, with twenty-three ships, anchors outside of Roanoke Inlet......June 10, 1586 Drake sails for England with all the colonists, who had become very despondeDrake sails for England with all the colonists, who had become very despondent, thus ending the first settlement of the English in America......June 19, 1586 Another ship of 100 tons, sent by Sir Walter Raleigh at his own expense with supplies, arrives at Roanoke a few days later; finding the colonists gone, she returns to England......June, 1586 Sir Richard Grenville, with three ships, visits Roanoke about fifteen days after the departure of Drake and leaves fifteen men plentifully supplied for two years to keep the land......1586 New colony of 150, sent by Sir Walter Raleigh in charge of John White, leaves Plymouth......May 26, 1587 They reach Roanoke to find that the men left by Grenville have been murdered by Indians
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