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What famous explorer brought the settlers from the first colony of Roanoke back to England?

A: Christopher Columbus
B: Ponce De Leon
C: James Cook
D: Sir Frances Drake

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Christopher Columbus
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Answer: Sir Frances Drake

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The Roanoke Island colony was the first English settlement in the New World, was established by English explorer Sir Walter Raleigh in August 1585. The first Roanoke colonists suffered from diminishing food stocks and Indian charges, and in 1586 Sir Francis Drake brought came back to England aboard a ship. In May 1577, White sailed on the ship Aid. The journey and its search for valuable metals and a northwest passage to Asia traveled to Greenland and Baffin Island before returning to England in September 1577.

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