Walter Raleigh

1552–1618

Courtier of Queen Elizabeth. Explorer, mastermind of the Jamestown colony in Virginia.

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Book Links
Elizabeth's Lovers  in  Queen Elizabeth  by  Jacob Abbott
Sir Walter Raleigh  in  Fifty Famous Stories Retold  by  James Baldwin
Sir Walter Raleigh  in  Stories of South America  by  E. C. Brooks
Sir Walter Raleigh  in  Stories From English History, Part Second  by  Alfred J. Church
The Star of Empire  in  The Story of Liberty  by  Charles C. Coffin
Virginia Colonized  in  Indian History for Young Folks  by  Francis S. Drake
Sir Walter Raleigh  in  America First—100 Stories from Our History  by  Lawton B. Evans
Nothing but Smoke  in  Story of the Thirteen Colonies  by  H. A. Guerber
Sir Walter Raleigh  in  Famous Men of Modern Times  by  John H. Haaren
Boy Who Loved the Sea  in  The Men Who Found America  by  Frederick Winthrop Hutchinson
About Sir Walter Raleigh's Adventures in the West  in  This Country of Ours  by  H. E. Marshall
Elizabeth—The Story of Sir Walter Raleigh  in  Our Island Story  by  H. E. Marshall
Raleigh—'The Revenge'  in  English Literature for Boys and Girls  by  H. E. Marshall
Raleigh and the Quest for El Dorado  in  Historical Tales: Spanish American  by  Charles Morris
Sir Walter Raleigh  in  American History Stories, Volume I  by  Mara L. Pratt
Virginia  in  The Awakening of Europe  by  M. B. Synge
Sir Walter Raleigh  in  The Awakening of Europe  by  M. B. Synge
Sir Walter Raleigh Searches for El Dorado  in  A Book of Discovery  by  M. B. Synge
Sir Walter Raleigh  in  Great Englishmen  by  M. B. Synge


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Sir Walter Raleigh
 in Stories From English History, Part Second

Sir Walter Raleigh
 in Indian History for Young Folks

Raleigh and Queen Elizabeth
 in Story of the Thirteen Colonies

Raleigh's gallant act
 in Famous Men of Modern Times

Raleigh erects Queen Elizabeth's standard in America
 in Famous Men of Modern Times

Raleigh's smoking alarms his servant
 in Famous Men of Modern Times

Raleigh departing from his wife
 in Famous Men of Modern Times
Sir Walter Raleigh
Sir Walter Raleigh
 in Back Matter
Raleigh Parting from his Wife
Raleigh Parting from his Wife
 in Back Matter

Walter sprang forward and spread his handsome cloak on the muddy spot.
 in The Men Who Found America

Sir Walter Raleigh
 in The Story of Sir Walter Raleigh

A sailor talked of the strange country where such birds lived
 in The Story of Sir Walter Raleigh

One man against twenty
 in The Story of Sir Walter Raleigh

Stepping gently on the cloak, she passed on
 in The Story of Sir Walter Raleigh

The King gave Raleigh a delicious pine-apple
 in The Story of Sir Walter Raleigh

Raleigh gave the word to his men
 in The Story of Sir Walter Raleigh

Lady Raleigh went to plead with the King for mercy
 in The Story of Sir Walter Raleigh

They started to row to the French ship
 in The Story of Sir Walter Raleigh

Quickly pulling off his cloak he threw it upon the ground.
 in Our Island Story

Spenser read the first part of his book, 'The Faery Queen' to Raleigh.
 in English Literature for Boys and Girls

Sir Walter Raleigh
 in  Sir Walter Raleigh

Sir Walter Raleigh
 in Builders of Our Country: Book I

Sir Walter Raleigh
 in A Book of Discovery

Raleigh and Queen Elizabeth
 in Great Englishmen

Spenser reading the Fairie Queene to Raleigh
 in The Tudors and the Stuarts