_Page_ GILBERT AND RALEIGH 3 EXPLORATION OF ROANOKE ISLAND, 1584 4 RALEIGH’S FIRST COLONY, 1585-86 6 The Voyage 7 The Establishment of the Colony 10 Life in the Colony 14 Abandonment of the Colony 15 Grenville’s Fifteen Men 18 THE LOST COLONY OF 1587 18 The Second Colony Established at Roanoke 21 Governor White’s Return to England 22 Attempts To Find the Lost Colony 25 CONNECTING LINKS WITH JAMESTOWN AND NEW ENGLAND 27 LATER HISTORICAL INFORMATION ON FORT RALEIGH 28 RECENT HISTORY OF FORT RALEIGH 30 GUIDE TO THE AREA 30 THE NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE 38 HOW TO REACH THE SITE 38 ADMINISTRATION 38 RELATED AREAS 38 ABOUT YOUR VISIT 39 SUGGESTED READINGS 40 [Illustration: _Sir Walter Raleigh. This portrait was engraved shortly before his last voyage and is the only one published during his lifetime._] _The true and lively portraiture of the honourable and learned Knight S^r. Walter Raleigh._ [Illustration: Sailing ship]