Historians have labeled the Outer Banks in different ways over the centuries, some not so flattering, according to Stick's research. Queen Elizabeth's 1584 grant to Sir Walter Raleigh called them "remote, heathen and barbarous lands." John White, leader of the Lost Colony, called it "Hatorask" in 1587. Surveyor Edward Randolf in 1699 called them "ye sand banks" populated with runaways and pirates.