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Back to SearchSet Fair For Roanoke Part 2
Season 1 Episode 40
Sir Walter Ralegh's first attempt to settle the Outer Banks of North Carolina -- the first Roanoke colony, under the command of Sir Richard Grenville…
4 years, 10 months ago
Set Fair For Roanoke Part 1
Season 1 Episode 39
In the spring of 1584, Sir Walter Ralegh (the spelling he used), now the chief organizer and promoter of English settlement in North America, dispatc…
4 years, 11 months ago
The Road to the Roanoke Colonies
Season 1 Episode 38
In this episode we discuss the planning for the first English colonization of North America in the context of England's strategy to resist Spanish he…
4 years, 11 months ago
Sir Francis Drake: Around the World in 1018 Days Part 3
Season 1 Episode 37
In this episode we chase Francis Drake and the Golden Hind from the equator, just off the west coast of South America, all the way around the world a…
4 years, 11 months ago
Sir Francis Drake: Around the World in 1018 Days Part 2
Season 1 Episode 36
When last we left Drake and company, it was August 1578, and the fleet had spent a good part of the southern winter in the protected harbor at Port S…
5 years ago
Sir Francis Drake: Around the World in 1018 Days Part 1
Season 1 Episode 35
On September 26, 1580, some fisherman not far from shore in the English Channel saw a small ship, riding low in the water, moving cautiously toward P…
5 years ago
Drake’s War
Season 1 Episode 34
This episode is the second of our series on Sir Francis Drake. Last week, we revisited the catastrophic battle of San Juan d’Ulua in the harbor near…
5 years ago
Sir Francis Drake and the Rise of English Sea Power
Season 1 Episode 33
This episode introduces Sir Francis Drake, and describes the moment when he declared a personal war on Philip II of Spain, a war that would change ev…
5 years ago
Queen Elizabeth I: What You Need To Know!
Season 1 Episode 32
Queen Elizabeth I, who came to power at the impossibly young age of 25 in 1558, was of critical importance to the English project in North America, a…
5 years ago
England in the 1500s and the Rise of the Merchant Adventurers
Season 1 Episode 31
England was quite late to the North American party, yet ultimately established the most enduring and therefore consequential settlements. An overvie…
5 years, 1 month ago