A first group of colonists sent by <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Walter_Raleigh" id="mwag" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Sir Walter Raleigh">Sir Walter Raleigh</a> under the charge of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Lane" id="mwaw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Ralph Lane">Ralph Lane</a> lands in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_World" id="mwbA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="New World">New World</a> to create <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roanoke_Colony" id="mwbQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Roanoke Colony">Roanoke Colony</a> on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roanoke_Island" id="mwbg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Roanoke Island">Roanoke Island</a>, off the coast of present-day <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Carolina" id="mwbw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="North Carolina">North Carolina</a>.