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Charles Carlton is a professor emeritus in the history department at North Carolina State University in Raleigh.

Resources created by Charles Carlton

Merrie olde England?
In Two worlds: Prehistory, contact, and the Lost Colony, page 4.2
Many residents of Elizabethan England did not enjoy the abundance that accompanied Queen Elizabeth’s reign. The dawn of the age of exploration gripped people’s imaginations and caused many to dream of travel, and the New World offered the promise of a fresh start without the problems of the old country.
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By Charles Carlton.