Sir Walter Raleigh establishes a second settlement in Roanoke, Virginia, under the leadership of John White. This is ultimately a failure, after the settlers attempt to attack some Spanish merchant ships off the coast of Cuba and vanish without trace, possibly having been massacred. When a group of colonists returns from England with supplies in 1590, it finds no trace of the settlers - hence the name of the "Lost Colony".
Please log in to
consult the article in its entirety. If you are a member (student of staff) of a subscribing
institution (see List), you should be able to access the LE on
campus directly (without the need to log in), and off-campus either via the institutional log in we
offer, or via your institution's remote access facilities, or by creating a personal user account with your institutional email address. If
you are not a member of a subscribing institution, you will need to purchase a personal
subscription. For more information on how to subscribe as an individual user, please see under Individual Subcriptions.
70 words
Citation: Editors, Litencyc. "Second colony established by English settlers off the coast of the US". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 01 March 2010 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=10767, accessed 23 November 2024.]
