A history of the United States . iety.* 18. Raleighs Colo-nies. — Raleigh con-tinued the work ofGilbert by organizingexpeditions, in whichhe took, however, nopersonal part. The first exploration was made in 1584 byPhilip Amadas and Arthur Barlowe. These two leaders vis-ited the coast of North Carolina, and returned bringing favor- 1 Born in 1546; died, 1596. Englisli navigator, who readied Mexico in 1567and South America in 1572 ; explored the Pacific coast from 1578 to 1579, andreturned to England the next year, after having circumnavigated the globe. 2 Born, 1552 ; died, 1618. English naviga
A history of the United States . iety.* 18. Raleighs Colo-nies. — Raleigh con-tinued the work ofGilbert by organizingexpeditions, in whichhe took, however, nopersonal part. The first exploration was made in 1584 byPhilip Amadas and Arthur Barlowe. These two leaders vis-ited the coast of North Carolina, and returned bringing favor- 1 Born in 1546; died, 1596. Englisli navigator, who readied Mexico in 1567and South America in 1572 ; explored the Pacific coast from 1578 to 1579, andreturned to England the next year, after having circumnavigated the globe. 2 Born, 1552 ; died, 1618. English navigator, who, after serving with theFrench Huguenots in the Netherlands, and in Ireland, led an unsuccessfulexpedition to colonize America in 1579 ; attempted to organize others withsimilar results; was confined in the Tower tor several years after 1603 ; madean unsuccessful voyage to Guiana; was rearrested on his return, and executed. 3 It was Gilbert who told his companions not to fear, since heaven was asaear by sea as by Sir Walter Raleigh. 22 DISCOVERY. [§ 19 able accounts of the region, which was named Virginia, afterthe Virgin Queen. The next year Ealeigh fitted out sevenships, and a colony was established on Roanoke Island. Thisin spite of several reenforcements finally proved a failure, thelast colonists having disappeared in a manner never accountedfor.^ Meanwhile the defeat of the Spanish Armada off thecoast of England had rendered it quite certain that withEnglands sea power established, she would be able to col-onize the nortliern parts of America without great fear ofmolestation. SUMMARY OF RESULTS. 19. Colonization in the Sixteenth Century. — As we have justseen, Spain, France, and England made many efforts duringthe sixteenth century to obtain permanent possessions in theNew World. Spain succeeded in Mexico and Peru, and madea mere beginning in Florida. France did not really get a foot-hold in Canada until the first decade of the next century, andthis wa
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