What European country attempted to colonize the Roanoke area in 1587

Raleigh was publicly criticized for his apparent indifference to the fate of the 1587 colony, most notably by Sir Francis Bacon. "It is the sinfullest thing in the world," Bacon wrote in 1597, "to forsake or destitute a plantation once in forwardness; for besides the dishonor, it is the guiltiness of blood of many commiserable persons." The 1605 comedy Eastward Hoefeatures characters bound for Virginia, who are assured that the lost colonists have by that time intermarried with Native Americans to give rise to "a w…

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