Roanoke

• Settled in 1586 by Sir Walter Raleigh• 107 men sent to “set it up”• Second ship with supplies arrived late with

115 men, women and children• John White selected as Governor• 1st English person born in the new world– Baby girl named Virginia Dare

• White returned to England for supplies• His ship was taken to fight against the Spanish

Armada in the war with Spain• 1590 – White returns to Roanoke to find it

abandoned.