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The date that Ralph Lane was born.
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Ralph Lane in 1554 attended oxford university also served in the english parliament. By the late 1550's
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In 1563 Ralph Lane was just beginning his career working in Queen Elizabeth 1's court.
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He participated in a military force which he gained his accolades for his skill.
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in 1570 to 1580 he was offering his services's and plans to england to fix the struggle with spain
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He involved himself in maritime which allowed him permission from the queen to seize ships.
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in 1585 ralph lane had voyaged with 7 ships and 600 hundred men. hit a storm and only had 5. after hitting land the colony didn't have a lot of resources and needed more so a ship was sent out but never returned the colony lasted 8 months.
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Sir Francis Drake found the last of the men and gave them a ride back home.
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He gave his foreword to Thomas Harriot’s Briefe plus True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia
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his account of his colony appeared in Richard Hakluyt’s Principal Navigations
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Ralph lane was back in ireland serving as a muster master general and a clerk of the garrison and remained in ireland for the rest of his life.
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In that year he was unfit to be a muster master cause of his physical weakness at this time.
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In 1603 Ralph Lane had died and was buried at a St.Patrick's church