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Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Sir Walter Raleigh/guiana

For Students 9th - 10th
Fordham University offers Sir Walter Raleigh's text entitled "The Discovery of Guiana." It is very specific and descriptive.
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Walled Lake Consolidated Schools

Loon Lake Elementary: Explorers: Sir Walter Raleigh

For Students 3rd - 7th
A brief snapshot of the life and work of a seventeenth century English explorer, Sir Walter Raleigh.
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Yale University

Avalon Project Yale Law School: Charter to Raleigh

For Students 9th - 10th
Text of the Royal Charter to Sir Walter Raleigh (1584) signed by Queen Elizabeth I of England granting him lands and rights in the New World.
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State Library of North Carolina

N Cpedia: John W. Shirley: Sir Ralph Lane

For Students 9th - 10th
Lane is best known for being sent to the New World on a mission to establish a settlement on Roanoke Island, by order of Sir Walter Raleigh. Discover how successful his expedition was and other biographical data about the explorer.