sentences:  Hakluyt recommended Chesapeake Bay as the site for a new colony, in part because he believed the Pacific coast lay just beyond the explored areas of the Virginia territory.On January 7, 1587, Raleigh approved a corporate charter to found "the Cittie of Raleigh" with White as governor and twelve assistants.Approximately 115 people agreed to join the colony, including White's pregnant daughter Eleanor and her husband Ananias Dare.