The Founding of English America: An Introduction to the Lost Colony and Jamestown

by John May

In 1577, John Dee, a scientist who served as an advisor to Queen Elizabeth I, proposed to her the creation of colonies in the New World. Neither Elizabeth nor Walter Raleigh imagined the task would be so difficult or take more than 30 years. The effort started with an exploration of the coast of today's North Carolina and the settlement of a colony on Roanoke Island in 1585. This ended tragically and became known as The Lost Colony, its fate a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476695245
• ISBN13: 9781476695242
• Release Date: July 2024
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 269 Pages
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"