Arthur Barlowe

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Arthur Barlowe
Born1550
Died1620 (age 70)
Nationality
Explorer

Arthur Barlowe (1550–1620) was one of two British captains (the other was

Queen Elizabeth I of England. His account[1] survives in a letter written to Raleigh as a report on their journey. It is one of the earliest detailed English commercial reports written from direct observation about any place in North America[2] and has been called "one of the clearest contemporary pictures of the contact of Europeans with North American Indians."[3]

Barlowe and

He ended up having the King come to the Land with his family and this led to the future colonization of Virginia.

The discovery of Roanoke Island and the coast of North Carolina led to the establishment of the Roanoke Colony. This colony at Roanoke Island would later be known as the "Lost Colony," whose members are presumed to have either starved to death or been incorporated into one of the local native American Indian populations.

References

  1. ^ http://docsouth.unc.edu/nc/barlowe/barlowe.htm
  2. ^ Moran, Michael G. "Arthur Barlowe (ca. 1550–ca. 1620)." Encyclopedia Virginia. Ed. Brendan Wolfe. July 21, 2011. Virginia Foundation for the Humanities. 31 Mar. 2011
  3. ^ University of North Carolina Library Collections: Documenting the South source: Dictionary of North Carolina Biography edited by William S. Powell. 1979–1996 by the University of North Carolina Press.
  4. ^ http://etc.usf.edu/maps/pages/2400/2444/2444.htm
  5. ^ Broadview Anthology of British Literature, Volume Two: The Renaissance and the Early Seventeenth Century. Ed. Joseph Black. Ontario: Broadview, 2006.[ISBN missing][page needed]