Then Raleigh decided to send a second group of colonists. In 1586, after enduring winter hardships, lack of food, and disagreements with the Indians, survivors of this colony returned home to England with Sir Francis Drake. A later expedition established a settlement on Roanoke Island, on the North Carolina coast. Sir Walter Raleigh, an adventurous English gentleman, sent a group of men to explore the New World. For them, the New World meant the present-day continents of North and South America. More than four hundred years ago, Europeans wanted to set up colonies in the New World. ![]() See Also: White Doe, Legend of Virginia Dare and History Tar Heel Junior Historian Association, NC Museum of History Reprinted with permission from the Tar Heel Junior Historian. ![]() ![]() Virginia Dare and the Lost Colony: Fact and Legend
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