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Headword Date Article Type
Sir Humphrey Gilbert's expedition to the West Indies fails 1579 Topics Short note
Sir Francis Drake leaves for the West Indies as a privateer 1585 Topics Short note
Santo Domingo forced to pay tribute after a surprise attack by Francis Drake 1586 Topics
The English plantation of Munster is attempted 1586 Topics Short note
Second colony established by English settlers off the coast of the US 1587 Topics Short note
The English Council undertake an enquiry into the plantation of Ulster 1589 Topics Short note
John White brings supplies to Roanoke, Virginia, but the colony is deserted 1590 Topics
Drake, Hawkins and Frobisher return from an indecisive Spanish expedition 1590 Topics Short note
Francis Drake and John Hawkins make last voyage to the Spanish Main 1595 Topics Short note
The Earl of Essex and Sir Walter Raleigh undertake a voyage to the Azores 1597 Topics Short note
James Lancaster leads the first East India Company voyage from London 1601 Topics Short note
First attempts to found English colony in Ulster 1604 Topics Short note
George Weymouth visits the New England court 1605 Topics Short note
Barbados is claimed as an English colony 1605 Topics Short note
Virginia Companies of London and Plymouth receive royal charters 1606 Topics Short note
120 colonists set off to Virginia under Captain Christopher Newport 1606 Topics Short note
English found colony of Maine 1607 Topics Short note
Plans for the English settlement of the six counties of Ulster 1608 Topics Short note
Lord Somers and Captain Newport leave Plymouth for Virginia 1609 Topics Short note
First skirmishes between English and Dutch settlers in India 1610 Topics Short note

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