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Sir Ralph Lane (c. 1532 – October 1603) was an English explorer of the Elizabethan era. He helped colonise the Kingdom of Ireland in 1583 and was sheriff of County Kerry, Ireland, from 1583 to 1585. He was part of the unsuccessful attempt in 1585 to colonise Roanoke Island, North Carolina. He was knighted by the Queen in 1593.
Ralph Lane was a military leader and governor of the Roanoke colony in 1585. He built a fort, clashed with the Indians, and returned to England with Sir Francis Drake.
Ralph Lane was a soldier and courtier who commanded the first English colony in Virginia in 1585-1586. He quarreled with the Indians, left the colony prematurely, and wrote about his experiences in a "Discourse" and a foreword to a book by John White and Thomas Harriot.
14 de mai. de 2021 · The stop in Puerto Rico had caused conflict between Grenville and Ralph Lane, an Irishman appointed governor of the new colony. Lane believed that Grenville’s delay in Puerto Rico, which involved privateering and trading as well as repairs to the damaged fleet, had cost valuable time for the colonists to prepare for winter.
This work chronicles Sir Ralph Lane's experiences as the Roanoke colony's first governor. He writes about explorations of inland and coastal North Carolina, Virginia, and surrounding areas and describes both amiable and unpleasant interactions between the Native Americans and colonists.
24 de fev. de 2006 · Ralph Lane (ca. 1528-1603) was a soldier and governor of the first English colony in Virginia (Roanoke Island) in 1585-1586. He led a military expedition organized by Sir Walter Raleigh and abandoned the colony due to poor conditions and Indian conflicts.
In April, 1585, Raleigh despatched seven ships from Plymouth under the command of his cousin, Sir Richard Grenville, with one hundred householders, to plant a colony at Roanoke. Grenville landed the colony at Roanoke, and left it in charge of Ralph Lane, while he himself returned to England for supplies.
