1. Roanoke Island
... English from Spanish attacks. The first English fort was begun on May 12, 1585 and abandoned on May 23, 1585. This fort is depicted in one of John White's watercolors. The fort is shown as having an enclosed camp with tents and huts, a paddock, forge, sawpit, and a makeshift boatyard. Simple pointed bastions ... were lost, for they were not considered important, and most tragically was the three men who were left behind on the island. These three men were never heard from again. So in haste, Lane and his men went back to England with Sir Francis Drake. Shortly after Drake and the colonis...
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