Archaeologists recently uncovered evidence pointing toward the fate of the Roanoke Colony, whose residents disappeared ...

The plume from Roanoke Island “put us in good hope ... On returning to England, he found Sir Walter Raleigh, the colony’s wealthy patron, busy organizing a new venture in Ireland.

Sir Walter Raleigh warned that Bermuda was surrounded ... citing two attempts to settle North Carolina’s Roanoke Island and another to colonize Maine. “And Jamestown was only barely surviving.” ...

In the late 16th century, Sir Walter Raleigh attempted to establish a colony in present ... On his return three years later, he found the colony of Roanoke completely abandoned. Queen Elizabeth I ...

Starting in 1584, Sir Walter Raleigh, under the direction of Queen Elizabeth I, sent soldiers to Roanoke Island on various expeditions. In 1587, the first colony of 117 English civilians ...

Roanoke Island was the setting for an historic ... The Cookhouse Museum is located at 622 Sir Walter Raleigh Street in Manteo, North Carolina, the opposite direction of the downtown Manteo waterfront.

Sir Walter Raleigh was the greatest adventurer of the Elizabethan Age, but when his fortunes changed he made a fatal mistake ...