Did Sir Walter Raleigh ever visit North America in person?

by lamarrotems

I keep seeing contradictory opinions on this, unless I am not understanding something.

On the English Wikipedia page it says he "explored from North Carolina to Florida." The source is biography.com which doesn't list a source for that fact.

But in the Wikipedia page on Roanoke Colony (http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roanoke_Colony) it says he never visited North America - but with no source.

I keep seeing different views on this.

Sorry if this isn't the right subreddit. I will delete if necessary.

Jooseman

No he never landed on the North American continent personally, if that is what you mean.

What he did was send out/financed missions to explore North America who explored that land, however he didn't sail with them personally