SIR WALTER RALEIGH'S VIRGINIA COLONIES—
THE BIRTH OF VIRGINIA DARE
[ [1] ] Virginia Dare was the first child of English parentage born in America. Her father was Ananias Dare. She was named Virginia after the colony which had already received the name in compliment to Queen Elizabeth.
BARTHOLOMEW GOSNOLD'S DISCOVERY OF CAPE COD—
BY GABRIEL ARCHER, ONE OF HIS COMPANIONS
[ [1] ] Gosnold sailed from Falmouth, England, in 1602, Raleigh being interested in the expedition. He reached the New England coast in May of the same year, and discovered Cape Cod, to which, because of the abundance of codfish in neighboring waters he gave the name it bears. He afterward discovered Martha's Vineyard, and on the neighboring island of Cuttyhunk founded a settlement called Elizabeth, the first ever made in New England by Englishmen. This settlement lasted only a few weeks, the settlers returning to England.
[ [2] ] The entire group of islands, of which Cuttyhunk is one, are now known as the Elizabeth Islands. The township which these islands comprize bears Gosnold's name. Gosnold became active afterward in promoting the expedition which In 1607 resulted in the settlement of Jamestown. The report of the expedition to Cape Cod, from which this account is taken, is known as "The Relation of Captain Gosnold's Voyage." It was "delivered by Gabriel Archer, a gentleman in the said voyage." Archer's account is printed in "Old South Leaflets."
[ [3] ] Vineyard Sound.
[ [4] ] Now Cuttyhunk, the westermost of the chain of islands called the Elizabeth Islands, which separate Buzzard's Bay from Vineyard Sound.
[ [5] ] From Exmouth the ship sailed for Portsmouth, her real destination.
BARTHOLOMEW GOSNOLD'S DISCOVERY OF CAPE COD—
GOSNOLD'S OWN ACCOUNT
[ [1] ] From a letter to his father, dated September 1, 1602.