Virginia, source of name (Robertson, sr.; Robertson, jr., The history of America: books IX. and X., 1799)

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[...] that Elizabeth, delighted with the idea of occupying a territory, superior, so far, to the barren regions towards the north hitherto visited by her subjects, bestowed on it the name of Virginia; as a memorial that this happy discovery had been made under a virgin Queen.

Robertson, William, sr.; Robertson, William, jr., The history of America: books IX. and X. containing the history of Virginia to the year 1688; and of New England to the year 1652, Philadelphia: Printed from the London edition by James Humphreys ..., 1799, pp. 44-45.

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