Sir Walter Raleigh: Founding the Virginia Colony

by Nancy Ward

Book Overview

When England's Queen Elizabeth I asked Sir Walter Raleigh to search for new lands to claim and colonize, her friend and 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0778724247
• ISBN13: 9780778724247
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: Crabtree Classics
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.7" x 11.0"
• Age Range: 8 to 11 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 6