Sir Walter Ralegh .-- Still another famous Englishman of Elizabeth's time was Walter Ralegh.

He never saw the coasts of the United States, but his name is rightly connected with our history, because he tried again and again to found colonies on our shores.

In 1584 he sent Amadas and Barlowe to explore the Atlantic seashore of North America.

Their reports were so favorable that he sent a strong colony to settle on Roanoke Island in Virginia, as he named that region.
But the settlers soon became unhappy because they found no gold.

Then, too, their food began to fail, and Drake, happening along, took them back to England.
[Sidenote: Ralegh's last attempt, 1587.