Also, the kingdom of Sweden had a stake here..............there are many cities in the South with Spanish names.............many people think it was b/c of Mexico...........primarily b/c of the 1840s Mexican - American war.................no, it was Spain................St. Augustine, Florida was 1st.........there is a Madrid, Tn i think.........Penscaloa, Fl..............all b/c of Spain.........New Orleans......is named after Orleans............a city in France....................
After Columbus' discovery of the Caribbean in 1492.......................Western Europeans fell upon what is now the USA.............and indeed the entire Western hemisphere with a reckless abandon..........1st came the Spaniards, then the French...........then the Dutch........the British were relatively late comers....................this lost colony was set up by English explorer Sir Walter Raleigh.........there is a boat that used to dock in Old Town Alex, Va named after him..........i am talking in the 1980s.............
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