Roanoke expeditions

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs Roanoke Colony expeditions
gptkbp:category English colonization of North America
Colonial United States history
16th-century expeditions
gptkbp:firstExpeditionYear 1584
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Jamestown_settlement
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Roanoke expeditions
gptkbp:location gptkb:Roanoke_Island
present-day North Carolina
gptkbp:notableEvent disappearance of entire colony
word 'Croatoan' carved on post
gptkbp:notableLeader gptkb:John_White
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Manteo
gptkb:Wanchese
gptkb:Ralph_Lane
gptkb:Virginia_Dare
Simon Fernandez
gptkbp:numberOfColonists approximately 115 (third expedition)
gptkbp:organizedBy gptkb:Sir_Walter_Raleigh
gptkbp:precededBy failed English attempts at colonization
gptkbp:purpose establish English colony in North America
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:English_colonization_of_the_Americas
gptkb:Lost_Colony_of_Roanoke
Croatoan mystery
gptkbp:result gptkb:Lost_Colony
disappearance of colonists
gptkbp:secondExpeditionYear 1585
gptkbp:significance first English attempt at permanent settlement in North America
gptkbp:sponsor gptkb:Queen_Elizabeth_I
gptkbp:thirdExpeditionYear 1587
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:1584_Roanoke_reconnaissance
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8