Virginia, source of name (Douglass, A summary, historical and political, 1751, vol. 2, pt. 1)

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   Sir Walter Raleigh, a Native of England, Anno 1584, with People Settlers, landed at Roanoak in the present North Carolina, settled and took Possession for Queen Elizabeth, and called all the North America Coast by the Name of Virginia, in honour to the Virgin Queen Elizabeth. [...]

Douglass, William, A summary, historical and political, of the first planting, progressive improvements, and present state of the British settlements in North-America, Boston: Printed and sold by Daniel Fowle, 1751, vol. 2, pt. 1, p. 241.

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