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Feb 9, 1492
1492
Christopher Columbus sailed west from Spain. -
Feb 9, 1500
1500's
Queen Elizabeth1 of England gave Sir Walter Raleigh permission to start a colony in North America. -
Feb 9, 1524
1524
The King of France hired Giovanni da Verrazano to find the North West Passage. -
Feb 9, 1524
1524
The Italian explorers landed near the mouth of the Cape Fear River. -
Feb 9, 1526
1526
Verrazano was the first European to reach what is now North Carolina. -
Feb 9, 1527
1527
The survivors returned home. -
Feb 9, 1540
1540
The spanish explorer Hernando de Soto led a large expedition through what is now the southeastern United States -
1584
Raleigh sent Arthur Barlowe and Phillip Amadas on an expedition to find a good place for the colony. -
1585
Raleigh sent about 110 men to sette Roanoke Island. -
1587
A group of colonists led by John White sailed to Roanoke Island.
