State Library of North Carolina
N Cpedia: Amy Rudersdorf: Sir Walter Raleigh: An English Renaissance Man
Sir Walter Raleigh (Ralegh) is featured in this biography. Raleigh, born in the South of England in 1552, worked ceaselessly for the Queen launching expeditions to the New World in an effort to expand England's territory.
Walled Lake Consolidated Schools
Loon Lake Elementary: Explorers: Sir Walter Raleigh
A brief snapshot of the life and work of a seventeenth century English explorer, Sir Walter Raleigh.
State Library of North Carolina
N Cpedia: John W. Shirley: Sir Ralph Lane
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.
Curated OER
National Park Service: Fort Raleigh: Search for the Lost Colony
The history of the Lost Colony of Roanoke Island is outlined as well as attempts that were made over the ensuing years to locate it, and ways that the colony was remembered.
State Library of North Carolina
N Cpedia: First English Colonies: Roanoke Island
A comprehensive resource dealing with the first and second attempts to found a colony at Roanoke, its mysterious end, and the people involved. From the State Library of North Carolina.
BBC
Bbc: The Spanish Armada
An article about Elizabeth I and the defeat of the Spanish Armada. Archived.
Bibliomania
Bibliomania: English in Virginia
This Bibliomania site surveys the literary history of the English in colonial Virginia. Includes analysis of the work of Captain John Smith, William Strachey, and George Sandys. Links to other notes about early American literature.
Library of Congress
Loc: John Bull and Uncle Sam
Part of an exhibit that talks about the British exploration and settlement of America.
State Library of North Carolina
N Cpedia: German Settlers
German settlers first came to what is now North Carolina as part of the second expedition sent to the Roanoke area by Sir Walter Raleigh in the 1580s. The largest influx of German people to North Carolina, however, occurred in the...