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===America===
In 1583, [[Humphrey Gilbert]] sailed west to establish a colony in [[Newfoundland]]. He never returned to England. Gilbert's half-brother [[Walter Raleigh]] explored the Atlantic Coast and claimed the territory of [[Colony of Virginia|Virginia]], perhaps named in honour of Elizabeth, the "Virgin Queen". This territory was much larger than the present-day state of [[Virginia]], extending from [[New England]] to the [[Carolinas]]. In 1585, Raleigh returned to Virginia with a small group of people. They landed on [[Roanoke Island]], off present-day [[North Carolina]]. After the failure of the first colony, Raleigh recruited another group and put [[John White (colonist and artist)|John White]] in command. When Raleigh returned in 1590, there was no trace of the [[Roanoke Colony]] he had left, but it was the first English settlement in North America.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Daniel Farabaugh |title=United States History |date=2016 |publisher=McGraw-Hill |isbn=978-1-2595-8409-1 |edition=4th |pages=45–47 |chapter=Chapter 2}}</ref>