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Walter Raleigh came to occupy the province of Virginia
Source: Historical proof of the right of the Catholic King to the territory held to-day by the British King under the name of New Georgia #558
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CHAPTER III CONCERNING THE FIRST ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ENGLISH ON THE CONTINENT OF FLORIDA By the year 1574 the Spaniards had been owners of Florida by right of first discovery since 1512, and by right of conquest and first occupation since 1565. For this reason the sovereigns of Spain were proprietary rulers, and were in possession from Cape Florida, or Martyrs' Head, in 25°, to Santa Elena in 32° 30', inclusive, with settlements, presidios and missions. For the same reason they were proprietors and in possession as far as Cape Henry, or the Bay of Santa Maria, in 36° 30', although they were without any colony, when Walter Raleigh came to occupy the province of Virginia,* [Arredondo note * In the year 1584. Walter Raleigh's History.] inhabited by Indians, by establishing a settlement. This was the first time that the English took possession on the Continent of Florida. They made a beginning of their establishment by changing the name of Viginia to Virginia, 27. perhaps because Elizabeth, the reigning queen of England, was unmarried. In the course of a few years they extended this colony to the south, dividing it into several seigniories, counties, and baronies, until its boundaries reached as far as the Spanish settlement of Santa Elena. 28. [Bolton note: In 1584, when Sir Humphrey Gilbert's plans for a colony in America failed, his patent was given to his half brother, Sir Walter Raleigh. Ami das Barlowe was sent to look for a site, and he selected Roanoke Island. He reported the name of the country to be "Wingandacoa," but Elizabeth suggested Virginia instead, and Virginia it became. [Bolton note: Arredondo here gets ahead of his story. He alludes to the founding of Carolina in the seventeenth century.]
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