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What country established the lost colony of Roanoke

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The Roanoke Island colony, the first English settlement in the New World, was founded by English explorer Sir Walter Raleigh in August 1585.
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Roanoke was founded by English explorer Sir Water Raleigh in August 1585 in what is now Dare County, North Carolina, USA.

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