30. The Spaniards build St. Augustine;[6] we buy Florida in 1819.--More than twenty years after the burial of De Soto, a Spanish soldier named Menendez[7] went to Florida and built a fort on the eastern coast. This was in 1565. The fort became the centre of a settlement named St. Augustine. It is the oldest city built by white men, not only in what is now the United States, but in all North America. [Illustration: OLD SPANISH GATEWAY AT ST. AUGUSTINE. (Called the "City Gate.")] In 1819, or more than two hundred and fifty years after St. Augustine was begun, Spain sold Florida to the United States. [Footnote 6: St. Augustine (Sant Aw'gus-teen').] [Footnote 7: Menendez (Ma-nen'deth).] 31. Summary.--Ponce de Leon discovered Florida; another Spaniard, named Balboa, discovered the Pacific; still another, named De Soto, discovered the Mississippi. In 1565 the Spaniards began to build St. Augustine in Florida. It is the oldest city built by white men in the United States or in all North America. What is said about a magic fountain? What did Ponce De Leon do? What is said about Balboa? What about De Soto? What did Menendez do in Florida? What is said of St. Augustine? SIR WALTER RALEIGH[1] (1552-1618). 32. Walter Raleigh sends two ships to America; how the Indians received the Englishmen.--Although John Cabot discovered the continent of North America in 1497 and took possession of the land for the English,[2] yet the English themselves did not try to settle here until nearly a hundred years later. Then (1584) a young man named Walter Raleigh, who was a great favorite of Queen Elizabeth's, sent out two ships to America. The captains of these vessels landed on Roanoke[3] Island, on the coast of what is now the state of North Carolina. They found the island covered with tall red cedars and with vines thick with clusters of wild grapes. The Indians called this place the "Good Land." They were pleased to see the Englishmen, and they invited them to a great feast of roast turkey, venison,[4] melons, and nuts. [Illustration: Map showing Roanoke Island.] [Footnote 1: Raleigh (Raw'li).] [Footnote 2: See paragraph 22.] [Footnote 3: Roanoke (Ro-a-nok').] [Footnote 4: Venison (ven'i-zon or ven'zon): deer meat.] 33. Queen Elizabeth names the country Virginia; first settlers; what they sent Walter Raleigh.--When the two captains returned to England, Queen Elizabeth--the "Virgin Queen," as she was called--was delighted with what she heard of the "Good Land." She named it Virginia in honor of herself. She also gave Raleigh a title of honor. From that time he was no longer called plain Walter Raleigh or Mr. Raleigh, but Sir Walter Raleigh.