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  2. Walter Raleigh - Wikipedia

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    Sir Walter Raleigh [a] (/ ˈ r ɔː l i, ˈ r æ l i, ˈ r ɑː l i /; c. 1553 – 29 October 1618) was an English statesman, soldier, writer and explorer. One of the most notable figures of the Elizabethan era, he played a leading part in English colonisation of North America, suppressed rebellion in Ireland, helped defend England against the Spanish Armada and held political positions under ...

  3. Roanoke Colony - Wikipedia

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    The Roanoke Colony (/ ˈroʊənoʊk / ROH-ə-nohk) was an attempt by Sir Walter Raleigh to found the first permanent English settlement in North America. The colony was founded in 1585, but when it was visited by a ship in 1590, the colonists had inexplicably disappeared. It has come to be known as the Lost Colony, and the fate of the 112 to ...

  4. Walter Raleigh (professor) - Wikipedia

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    Walter Raleigh (professor) Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh (left), Julian Ottoline Vinogradoff and an unknown boy, photographed by Lady Ottoline Morrell. Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh (/ ˈrɔːli, ˈrɑː -/; 5 September 1861 – 13 May 1922) was an English scholar, poet, and author. Raleigh was also a Cambridge Apostle.

  5. The History of the World (Raleigh) - Wikipedia

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    The History of the World. (Raleigh) The History of the World (originally The Historie of the VVorld / In Five Bookes) is an incomplete work of history by Sir Walter Raleigh, begun in about 1607 whilst the author was imprisoned in the Tower of London, and first published in 1614. It covers the course of human history from Genesis to the conquest ...

  6. Raleigh's El Dorado expedition - Wikipedia

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    Raleigh's El Dorado expedition, also known as Raleigh's first voyage to Guiana, was an English military and exploratory expedition led by Sir Walter Raleigh that took place during the Anglo-Spanish War in 1595. [1] The expedition set out in February 1595 to explore the Orinoco River on the northeast tip of South America in an attempt to find ...

  7. Elizabeth Raleigh - Wikipedia

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    Elizabeth, Lady Raleigh (née Throckmorton; 16 April 1565 – c. 1647), was an English courtier, a Gentlewoman of the Privy Chamber to Queen Elizabeth I of England. Her secret marriage to Sir Walter Raleigh precipitated a long period of royal disfavour for both her and her husband.

  8. Sir Walter Raleigh (essay) - Wikipedia

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    Sir Walter Raleigh is an essay by Henry David Thoreau that has been reconstructed from notes he wrote for an 1843 lecture and drafts of an article he was preparing for The Dial. It was first published in 1950, in a collection of Thoreau's writings edited by Henry Aiken Metcalf. Another version, with significant differences, can be found in ...

  9. Walter Raleigh in popular culture - Wikipedia

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    Walter Raleigh in popular culture. Raleigh's First Pipe in England, 1859. Sir Walter Raleigh (c. 1554 – 29 October 1618) was an English gentleman, writer, poet, soldier, courtier, spy, and explorer, well known for popularising tobacco in England.