Joachim Gans, the first recorded Jewish settler in North America, was one of many residents of this colony who left in 1586 due to food shortages. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this mysterious “lost colony” founded on a namesake island in North Carolina, intended to be the first permanent English settlement in the New World.
ANSWER: Roanoke (“ROE-uh-NOAK”) colony
[10m] After returning to Roanoke with supplies in 1590, John White’s expedition discovered this word carved into a palisade. This word may have meant the colonists fled to a neighboring island and joined its namesake tribe.
ANSWER: Croatoan (“kroh-ah-TOE-an”)
[10h] Roanoke was earlier abandoned by Ralph Lane, who left with the help of this man. This man later claimed parts of modern California that he named New Albion.
ANSWER: Sir Francis Drake
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