Talk:Colony and Dominion of Virginia

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The following is ambiguous: it first suggests that Raleigh was at the colony and "returned" several years later (when?), but then says he "never came to the New World." Which is correct?

The first English settlement was at Roanoke Island in 1587. Sir Walter Raleigh sent 150 people to the island of Roanoke (in present-day North Carolina) to settle. They did well and, as Sir Walter had to take care of some things in England, he left the colony with appointed leaders. When he returned several years later, the colonists had disappeared, but the houses there were intact. In fact, Sir Walter Raleigh never came to the New World. The 1587 colony was led by John White, who returned to England for supplies in 1587 and was forced to stay there because they were at war with Spain. He returned two years later only to find the colony abandoned.

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What is the growing season number of days a year?

[edit] Map of territorial claims

The following off-site maps show the various claims of the original Thirteen Colonies: [1], [2], [3], and [4]. If this information could be included in a map of this province's claims, it would be great. (This request was originally made by jengod, and I moved it here.) – Quadell ^{(talk) (bounties)} 16:06, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

Map request filled. Also want to endorse the cleanup tag, this article needs more help than I have time to give it. There's 170 years worth of history there to be described. Kmusser 16:21, 16 November 2006 (UTC)