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England; he took up the cause of his half-brother, Sir Humphrey Gilbert, to try to colonize the new world. Raleigh appointed John White to establish the infamous Lost Colony of Roanoke. None of his expeditions were very successful, he failed to find precious stones or gold and could not set up a colony in North America.

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