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Roanoke Colony also known as the Lost Colony (1585−c.1590) — on Roanoke Island in present-day North Carolina (U.S.). Queen Elizabeth I granted the charter for establishing the first permanent English settlement in North America. The European viceroyalties of New Spain (est. 1512) and New France (est. 1534) were already present on the continent.