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Chapter 01 #39

b) Virginia Dare

Virginia Dare, born in 1587, was the first English child born in the New World, specifically in the Roanoke Colony. Her birth symbolizes the beginning of English settlement in America, yet her fate remains unknown due to the mysterious disappearance of the Roanoke Colony. Virginia Dare’s story has become a part of American folklore, representing both the hope and the uncertainty of the early colonial ventures.