Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, North CarolinaPorter, Charles W., III (Charles Wesley)
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Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, North Carolina
Porter, Charles W., III (Charles Wesley)
Fort Raleigh National Historic Site (N.C.); Roanoke Colony; Roanoke Island (N.C.) -- History
Fort Raleigh National Historic Site is administered by the National Park
Service of the United States Department of the Interior. Communications
and inquiries should be addressed to the Superintendent, Fort Raleigh
National Historic Site, Manteo, N. C.
_Related Areas_
Other historical areas in the East associated with early colonization of
America, which are administered by the National Park Service, are
Castillo de San Marcos National Monument, Fla.; De Soto National
Memorial, Fla.; Fort Matanzas National Monument, Fla.; San Juan National
Historic Site, Puerto Rico; Ackia Battleground National Monument, Miss.;
Colonial National Historical Park (Jamestown, Yorktown, and Cape Henry
Memorial), Va.; Fort Frederica National Monument, Ga.; and Fort Caroline
National Memorial, Fla.
[Illustration: _The audience at one of the performances of Paul
Green’s play “The Lost Colony.”_]
_About Your Visit_
Fort Raleigh National Historic Site is open the entire year. Information
and literature may be obtained in the museum. Organizations and groups
are given special service if arrangements are made in advance with the
superintendent. The _Lost Colony_, pageant-drama, is produced in the
Waterside Theater between June and September at night according to hours
and dates fixed by the sponsoring Roanoke Island Historical Association.
_Suggested Readings_
Hakluyt, Richard. _The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and
Discoveries of the English Nation._ Vol. VIII. Glasgow, Scotland.
1904.
Hariot, Thomas. _A Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of
Virginia._ (A reproduction of the edition printed at Frankfort, in
1590, by Theodore de Bry, edited by W. H. Rylands for the Holbein
Society) Manchester, England. 1888.
Harrington, J. C. Archeological Explorations at Fort Raleigh National
Historic Site, in _North Carolina Historical Review_, Vol. XXVI,
No. 2, April 1949.
Ive, Paul. _The Practise of Fortification._ London, 1589.
Oré, Luis Geronimo de. _The Martyrs of Florida, 1513-1616._ Translated
by Maynard Geiger Franciscan Studios No. 18. New York. 1936.
Porter, Charles W. III. Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, North
Carolina, in _North Carolina Historical Review_. Vol. XX, No. 1.
1943.
Quinn, David B. _Raleigh and the British Empire._ New York. 1949.
.... _The Roanoke Voyages 1584-1590._ (Documents to illustrate the
Voyages to North America under the Patent Granted to Sir Walter
Raleigh in 1584.) 2 vols. The Hakluyt Society. London, England.
1955.
Reding, Katherine. Letter of Gonzalo Mendez de Canzo to Philip II, in
_Georgia Historical Quarterly_. Vol. VIII. 1924.
Rowse, A. L. _Sir Richard Granville of the Revenge._ Boston and New
York. 1937.
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