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John White (artist) John White (artist)
John White fl. 1585-93, artist, cartographer, and Virginia pioneer, b. probably in England. In 1585 he was commissioned to go with the expedition to Roanoke Island to depict life in the New World. His paintings provide some of the earliest and most valuable source materials on the natural history... Read more
Virginia Dare Virginia Dare
Virginia Dare b. 1587, first white child of English parents to be born in America. She was the daughter of Ananias and Elenor Dare, members of Sir Walter Raleigh's ill-fated colony that settled Roanoke Island on the North Carolina coast. Since no trace remained of the colony when the relief... Read more
Sir Ralph Lane Sir Ralph Lane
Sir Ralph Lane c.1530-1603, leader of the first attempted English settlement in America, on Roanoke Island , N.C. Sent by Sir Walter Raleigh , the expedition of over 100 colonists left England in Apr., 1585, in a fleet of seven ships commanded by Sir Richard Grenville. The group landed on Roanoke... Read more
Roanoke Rapids Roanoke Rapids
Roanoke Rapids industrial city (1990 pop. 15,722), Halifax co., N N.C., on the Roanoke River near the Virginia line; founded 1893, inc. 1931. The city's industries include health care, paper products, lumber, transportation, vehicle parts, and printing and publishing.... Read more
Roanoke Island Roanoke Island
Roanoke Island 12 mi (19 km) long and 3 mi (4.8 km) wide, NE N.C., off the Atlantic coast between Croatan (W) and Roanoke (E) sounds in the Outer Banks . Manteo is the chief town, and tourism and fishing are the principal industries. The English navigators Philip Amadas and Arthur Barlowe,... Read more
Roanoke Roanoke
Roanoke , city (1990 pop. 96,397), independent and in no co., SW Va., on the Roanoke River; settled c.1740, inc. 1882. It is situated between the Blue Ridge and Allegheny Mts., at the southern end of the Shenandoah valley. A tiny village until the coming of the railroad in 1882, Roanoke has since... Read more
Roanoke (river) Roanoke (river)
Roanoke river, c.410 mi (660 km) long, rising in SW Va. and flowing generally southeast across the Blue Ridge Mts. and into Albemarle Sound, NE N.C. The lower river is navigable for small craft. A comprehensive flood-control and hydroelectric-power scheme has been initiated on the river. Among a... Read more
Sir Thomas Gates Sir Thomas Gates
Sir Thomas Gates fl. 1585-1621, English colonial governor of Virginia. He was knighted for his services under the 2d earl of Essex in the successful expedition against Cádiz in 1596. Gates, who had been a lieutenant in the expedition (1585-86) under Sir Francis Drake that removed Sir Walter... Read more
Roanoke Electric Steel Corp Roanoke Electric Steel Corp
Roanoke Electric Steel Corporation 102 Westside Boulevard, N.W.Roanoke, Virginia 24017U.S.A.Telephone: (540) 342-1831Toll Free: (800) 765-6567Fax: (540) 342-9437Web site: http://www.roanokesteel.com Public CompanyIncorporated: 1955Employees: 1,811Sales: $372.7 million (2000)Stock Exchanges:... Read more
Sir Richard Grenville Sir Richard Grenville
Sir Richard Grenville 1542?-1591, English naval hero. His cousin, Sir Walter Raleigh , gave him command of the fleet of seven vessels carrying the first colonists to Roanoke Island in 1585. In 1591, Grenville was second in command, under Lord Thomas Howard, of the fleet sent to capture the... Read more

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