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Christopher Columbus sailed west from Spain.
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Queen Elizabeth1 of England gave Sir Walter Raleigh permission to start a colony in North America.
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The King of France hired Giovanni da Verrazano to find the North West Passage.
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The Italian explorers landed near the mouth of the Cape Fear River.
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Verrazano was the first European to reach what is now North Carolina.
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The survivors returned home.
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The spanish explorer Hernando de Soto led a large expedition through what is now the southeastern United States
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Raleigh sent Arthur Barlowe and Phillip Amadas on an expedition to find a good place for the colony.
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Raleigh sent about 110 men to sette Roanoke Island.
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A group of colonists led by John White sailed to Roanoke Island.
