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1583
 
Narrative history in HistoryWorld     
Humphrey Gilbert claims Newfoundland on behalf of England's queen Elizabeth       
1587
 
Narrative history in HistoryWorld    
Virginia Dare becomes the first English child to be born in America, on Roanoke Island      
1587
 
    
Walter Raleigh organizes an expedition to send settlers to America, to combine with any surviving at Roanoke Island       
1600
 
Narrative history in HistoryWorld     
Britain's East India Company is established when Elizabeth I grants a charter to a 'Company of Merchants trading into the East Indies'       
1607
 
Narrative history in HistoryWorld    
Colonists establish the first lasting British settlement in the new world, at Jamestown      
List compiled in 1619 of the burgesses of Jamestown
National Archives, Kew
1608
 
Narrative history in HistoryWorld     
John Smith claims (many years later) that when captured by Indians he was saved from execution by Pocahontas, daughter of the chief       
Map of Virginia featuring an image of Pocahontas, 1608
National Archives, Kew