Virginia History Series
Roanoke Voyages and Sir Walter Raleigh's "Virginia" (1584 1603) [Pdf]
A slideshow explaining the history of Sir Walter Raleigh's expeditions to the New World, beginning with a 1578 voyage with his half-brother on a search for the Northwest Passage, followed by several expeditions to try to establish a...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Sir Walter Raleigh
Sir Walter Raleigh or Ralegh (c. 1552 - 29 October 1618), was a famed English writer, poet, soldier, courtier and explorer. Raleigh was born to a Protestant family in Devon, the son of Walter Raleigh and Catherine Champernowne.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Sir Walter Raleigh
Sir Walter Raleigh, navigator, warrior, statesman, and writer in the reigns of Elizabeth and James I., was the second son of a gentleman of ancient family in Devonshire, and was born in 1552.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Sir Walter Raleigh
Sir Walter Raleigh or Ralegh[1] (c. 1552 - 29 October 1618), was a famed English writer, poet, soldier, courtier and explorer.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Sir Walter Raleigh
Raleigh's plan for colonization in Virginia in North America ended in failure at Roanoke Island, but paved the way for subsequent colonies.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Sir Walter Raliegh
Sir Walter Raleigh enjoying his pipe.
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National Postal Museum: Art of the Stamp: Roanoke Voyages
View the artwork for a U.S. postage stamp issued in 1984 to commemorate the voyages to Roanoke Island. Includes a short passage on Sir Walter Raleigh's commissioning of the famous expedition that represents the beginning of English life...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Sir Walter Raleigh
A famed writer, poet, spy, and explorer.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Sir Walter Raleigh
(1552-1618) English navigator and writer during the Elizabethan period. While imprisoned he wrote The History of the World
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Walter Ralegh
This site provides links to information on the English explorer Sir Walter Raleigh and the text of many of his works. His interesting biography comes from an Ecyclopedia Britannica article dated 1910.
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Portrait: Sir Walter Raleigh
John Davis, explorer of the new world. Provided is a summary of his voyages and primary source accounts of Cabot's voyages.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Roanoke Island, 1585
A base map of eastern Virginia and North Carolina showing Roanoke Island, site of the first attempt to establish an English settlement by Sir Walter Raleigh in 1585.
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Etc: Roanoke Island, Jamestown, and St. Mary's, 1584 1632
A map of the Chesapeake Bay and Pamlico Sound area showing the initial Virginia Colony established by Sir Walter Raleigh and Queen Elizabeth I in 1584 through the European settlements established by 1634, including Roanoke Island,...