Sir Walter Raleigh: Founding the Virginia Colony (In the Footsteps of Explorers) - Hardcover

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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.Describes the life and accomplishments of the English explorer who is credited as the founder of the Virginia colony in North America and whose attempts to establish a permanent settlement there paved the way for other English settlements.

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