Ward, Nancy, 1971-

Sir Walter Raleigh : founding the Virginia colony / Founding the Virginia colony Nancy Ward. - New York : Crabtree Pub. Co., c2006. - 32 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 29 cm. - In the footsteps of explorers .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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 reclamation of the Virginia colony in the late 1500s also describes Raleigh's unsuccessful search for the fabled wealthy kingdom of El Dorado, the deterioration of his relationship with the Queen, and his eventual execution.

ISBN: 0778724247 (rlb) 0778724603 (pbk) 9780778724247 9780778724605

Source: 1253445 QBI

LCCN: 2005035752

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 20059075058

Subjects--Personal Names:
Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552?-1618.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Explorers.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Great Britain--Court and courtiers.
America--Discovery and exploration.

LC Class. No.: DA86.22.R2 / W37 2006

Dewey Class. No.: 942.05/5092