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The second attempt to establish a colony at Roanoke, how within months after the arrival of the settlers poor planning made it necessary to dispatch a relief ship to England for supplies. Although the supply ship was supposed to return the following spring, the Spanish Armada and England's war with Spain delayed its return for three years, by which time the Roanoke settlers had vanished without a trace.
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The second attempt to establish a colony at Roanoke, how within months after the arrival of the settlers poor planning made it necessary to dispatch a relief ship to England for supplies. Although the supply ship was supposed to return the following spring, the Spanish Armada and England's war with Spain delayed its return for three years, by which time the Roanoke settlers had vanished without a trace.

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