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Which English explorer and writer founded the first (unsuccessful) colony in Virginia in 1584?

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Which English explorer and writer founded the first (unsuccessful) colony in Virginia in 1584?
posted Mar 8, 2017 by Pankaj Deshmukh

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Sir Walter Raleigh.

He was an English adventurer and writer who established a colony near Roanoke Island.

answer Mar 10, 2017 by George Davros
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