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Ralegh’s name was spelled by both himself and his contemporaries in dozens of different ways, including Rawleyghe, Ralle, and Raulie. From the age of thirty until his death, Sir Walter consistently signed himself Ralegh, the form adopted throughout
Big Chief Elizabeth.
The spelling most commonly used today—Raleigh—was never once used by Sir Walter.
Big Chief Elizabeth.
The spelling most commonly used today—Raleigh—was never once used by Sir Walter.
Copyright © 2000 by Giles Milton
All rights reserved
Originally published in 2000 by Hodder & Stoughton, Great Britain
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
19 Union Square West, New York 10003
19 Union Square West, New York 10003
Published in the United States by Farrar, Straus and Giroux
eISBN 9780374706036
First eBook Edition : March 2011
First American edition, 2000
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Milton, Giles.
Big Chief Elizabeth : the adventures and fate of the first English colonists in America / Giles Milton.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN 0-374-26501-1
1. Indians of North America—First contact with Europeans. 2. Indians, Treatment of—North America. 3. Indians of North America—Government relations. 4. Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533–1603. 5. Great Britain—Colonies—America. 6. Great Britain—Foreign relations—United States. 7. America—Discovery and exploration—English.
E98.F39 M55 2000
970’.00497—dc21
00-031522
The publisher is grateful for permission to use the following illustrations: Walter Ralegh and son; Sir Richard Grenville: National Portrait Gallery, London. Thomas Harriot: The President and Fellows of Trinity College, Oxford. Pocahontas: The British Museum.
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