In 1585 what did Sir Walter Raleigh do?

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He sponsored a voyage to the New World. He sent a contingent of men to seek out a suitable place for a military bastion. Roanoke Island, in what is now North Carolina, was selected. Ralegh did not accompany that, or either of the two subsequent Roanoke Voyages.

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