Arthur Barlowe: New World Explorer for Queen Elizabeth

So in my research to follow the Barlow family back to earlier ancestors (approx 7 generations from Samuel) I reached an ending point that was Arthur Barlow(e).  Initially in my research I did not find anything to suggest he was an individual with any historical information or significance.  Well that was my initial research!  Note the 'e' added to his name.  Finding it's not unusual for slight spelling changes to occur during these times and especially in England.

Well it turns out that Arthur Barlowe was indeed a significant and very historical individual.  He was one of the first explorers of to find land in North America to claim for Queen Elizabeth.  Before the Mayflower, and before the first colonists, both Captain Arthur Barlowe and Captain Philip Amadas led a voyage in 1584 to the coast of North America under the direction of Sir Walter Raleigh, each commanding a small vessel for the purpose of selecting a site for the establishment of Raleigh's proposed colony as requested from the Queen.  It was Barlowe's journal  (noted that he was handy with a pen) during this exploratory voyage, and his favorable reports that helped Raleigh select Roanoke Island, off North Carolina as a future site for English colonization. 


Arthur's personal life still remains difficult to follow especially after this voyage.  It is reported he kept residence with Sir Walter Raleigh.  His marriage to Ann West whose family line goes back to Henry III still remains a question with conflicting documentation.
  
Lots of links and supporting documentation: 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Barlowe
http://www.carolana.com/Carolina/Explorers/amadasandbarlowe.html
http://www.genealogy.com/users/p/a/r/Charles-E-Parker/BOOK-0001/0012-0001.html
http://docsouth.unc.edu/nc/barlowe/menu.html
http://www.swarthmore.edu/SocSci/bdorsey1/41docs/04-bar.html
http://beatl.barnard.columbia.edu/maritime/MaritimeNation/documents.html
http://beatl.barnard.columbia.edu/maritime/MaritimeNation/Documents/RoanokePassage.htm
http://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Barlowe_Arthur_ca_1550-ca_1620
http://www.thelostcolony.org/education/Students/History/Elizabethan_Characters.htm
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-was-the-lost-colony.htm
http://jameslorenz.com/myfathersamerica/tag/arthur-barlowe/
http://docsouth.unc.edu/nc/barlowe/barlowe.html