The Lost Colonists
At the behest of "The Virgin Queen" Elizabeth I, Sir Walter Raleigh tried three times to establish an English colony across the ocean. A small number of Raleigh's men first landed in Florida and explored the coast to the north. A second larger group of men intended to stay but found it difficult to survive. They left hastily when ships appeared which could carry them home. The third group included women and children, one born just after arrival and named Virginia for the new land. This group became known as "the lost colony" because no one knows what became of them, their settlement found completely abandoned.
In spite of Raleigh's lack of success in establishing a colony, the name he gave the land remained. Its namesake, Elizabeth I, would be dead four years before the English were able to establish a lasting settlement in 1607 at Jamestown, Virginia.
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