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Early English claims to North American lands in Virginia and New England
The piece traces 16th and 17th century claims to North American territory from Cabot to Virginia and to the Plymouth and New England grants. It details Raleigh’s 1584 voyage naming Virginia, James I patents, French Port Royal, and the 1620 Plymouth grant extending to the Pacific, noting Sweden Finland and the Dutch establishing posts between 33 and 41 degrees North.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North America
Queen Elizabeth
Walter Raleigh
Cabot
Sir Walter
Cape Florida
London
Bristol
Virginia
Atlantic Ocean
Cape Fear
Pantagon River
Acadia
Nova Scotia
Sagadahoc River
Port Royal
Montreal
St. Lawrence
James
Council of
Plymouth
New England
Atlantic
Pacific Ocean
St. Lawrence River
Sagueney
Lake Superieur
Quebec
New England Company
Merrimac
Sagadahoc
Kennebec River
St. Peter’s Bay
Laconia
France