What if...
In July of 1578, armed with a royal charter, Gilbert Humphrey and his half-brother Walter Raleigh sail to America with five ships and about 150 men, women, and children. On the thirteenth night of the trip, the small fleet of ships enter a fogbank and emerge a day later...
*note: In OTL, this fleet was scattered and forced to return to England by a Spanish warship, which, in this ATL, it avoids in the fogbank.
Now, with the ships approaching the continent, the colonists look forward to a new life in a new place. In late August, the ships disembark their passengers on the shores of Delaware Bay. The colony just may have been founded early enough to survive through the abandonment forced upon them in 1588 by the Spanish Armada. By the time the Armada sets sail, the colony at Port Elizabeth has nearly 1,000 inhabitants and even a small contingent (about 75-100) Royal soldiers.
Now what happens?
In July of 1578, armed with a royal charter, Gilbert Humphrey and his half-brother Walter Raleigh sail to America with five ships and about 150 men, women, and children. On the thirteenth night of the trip, the small fleet of ships enter a fogbank and emerge a day later...
*note: In OTL, this fleet was scattered and forced to return to England by a Spanish warship, which, in this ATL, it avoids in the fogbank.
Now, with the ships approaching the continent, the colonists look forward to a new life in a new place. In late August, the ships disembark their passengers on the shores of Delaware Bay. The colony just may have been founded early enough to survive through the abandonment forced upon them in 1588 by the Spanish Armada. By the time the Armada sets sail, the colony at Port Elizabeth has nearly 1,000 inhabitants and even a small contingent (about 75-100) Royal soldiers.
Now what happens?