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    Sir Walter Raleigh (/ˈrɔːli, ˈræli, ˈrɑːli/; c. 1552 – 29 October 1618) was an English statesman, soldier, writer and explorer. One of the most notable...
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    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...
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  • Walter Raleigh (c. 1554 – 1618) was an English writer, poet, soldier, courtier and explorer. Walter Raleigh may also refer to: Walter Raleigh (professor)...
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    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...
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    The city of Raleigh is named after Sir Walter Raleigh, who established the now-lost Roanoke Colony in present-day Dare County. Raleigh is home to North...
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    of the Roanoke Colony (/ˈroʊənoʊk/ ROH-ə-nohk) was an attempt by Sir Walter Raleigh to found the first permanent English settlement in America. The colony...
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    Parima. Two of the most famous of these expeditions were led by Sir Walter Raleigh. In pursuit of the legend, Spanish conquistadores and numerous others...
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  • Walter Raleigh Kibbe (Sept. 8, 1781-April 22, 1864) was an American lawyer, judge, and politician. He was born in Somers, Connecticut, Sept. 8, 1781. He...
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  • as Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, Count of Gondomar Joseph Mawle as Sir Walter Raleigh Jacob McCarthy as Christopher Villiers, 1st Earl of Anglesey Tom Victor...
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    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...
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  • Raleigh in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Raleigh is the capital city of the U.S. state of North Carolina, named after Sir Walter Raleigh. Raleigh may...
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  • the command of Walter Raleigh, known by the Spaniards as Guaterral. Spain and England were not at war, but relations were tense. Raleigh also suffered...
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  • a prisoner in his own deanery. Raleigh was the second son of Sir Walter Raleigh's elder brother, Sir Carew Raleigh, of Downton, Wiltshire. His mother...
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    prowess of English maritime adventurers, such as Francis Drake and Walter Raleigh, and for the defeat of the Spanish Armada. Some historians depict Elizabeth...
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    Lake Cassipa, are often depicted on early maps of South America. Sir Walter Raleigh began the exploration of the Guianas in earnest in 1594 and described...
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  • This article concerns Sir Walter Raleigh's son. For his namesake and uncle, Sir Walter's brother, see Carew Raleigh Carew Raleigh or Ralegh (1605–1666) was...
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    General Sir Walter Raleigh Gilbert, 1st Baronet, GCB (18 March 1785, Bodmin – 12 May 1853, Stevens' Hotel, Bond Street, London) was an English army officer...
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    and is named for Sir Walter Raleigh. Raleigh County is included in the Beckley, West Virginia Metropolitan Statistical Area. Raleigh County and the surrounding...
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    room of the British Museum. In 1587, White became governor of Sir Walter Raleigh's failed attempt at a permanent settlement on Roanoke Island, known to...
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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...
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    Elizabeth I on 5 August 1583. He was a maternal half-brother of Sir Walter Raleigh and a cousin of Sir Richard Grenville. Sir Richard Grenville was lord...
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    main opponent of Sir Walter Raleigh in his last days. Stucley's reputation is equivocal; popular opinion at the time idealised Raleigh, and to the public...
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    School of Night is a modern name for a group of men centred on Sir Walter Raleigh that was once referred to in 1592 as the "School of Atheism". The group...
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    Ark Royal was an English galleon, originally ordered for Sir Walter Raleigh and later purchased by the crown for service in the Tudor navy. She was used...
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    second largest town in Smith County. Named for English explorer Sir Walter Raleigh, Raleigh has been home to such Mississippians as Governor Robert Lowry,...
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  • article concerns Sir Walter Raleigh's brother. For his namesake and nephew, Sir Walter's son, see Carew Raleigh (1605–1666) Sir Carew Raleigh or Ralegh (ca....
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  • an English seaman and companion of Sir Walter Raleigh in his expeditions to Guiana in 1595 and 1617–18. Raleigh's 1595 voyage to Trinidad and Guiana consisted...
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    in England, by Sir Walter Long and his friend Sir Walter Raleigh (although this has also been said of other houses related to Raleigh). It is possible that...
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    prove divinity, and that ... he hath read the Atheist lecture to Sir Walter Raleigh and others". Some critics believe that Marlowe sought to disseminate...
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  • the country (compare Genesis 10:8–12 AV and Genesis 10:8–12 ESV). Sir Walter Raleigh devoted several pages in his History of the World (c. 1616) to reciting...
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