Sir Walter Raleigh : founding the Virginia colony

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Summary:

Examines the early life and explorations of Sir Walter Raleigh and Raleigh's legacy. When England's Queen Elizabeth I asked Sir Walter Raleigh to search for new lands to claim and colonize, her loyal subject pledged to found a colony in tribute to his Queen. This exciting recreation of the founding, loss, and⛛ More...

Other Title:

Founding the Virginia colony

Year Published:

2006

Series:

In the footsteps of explorers

Physical Description:

32 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 29 cm.

Note:

Includes index.

Contents:

Renaissance man -- Age of eExploration -- Elizabethan England -- Raleigh's early life -- Virginia colony -- Native Americans -- Lost colony -- El Dorado -- Life at sea -- Tide turns -- After Raleigh -- Raleigh's legacy -- Glossary and index.

Personal Subject:

Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552?-1618.

Subject:

Explorers.

Geographic Term:

Great Britain -- Court and courtiers.

America -- Exploration.

ISBN:

9780778724247

9780778724605

Publisher:

New York : Crabtree Pub. Co., c2006.