Walter Raleigh

Walter Raleigh

1552-1618

An English landed gentleman, writer, poet, soldier, politician, courtier, spy and explorer instrumental in the English colonisation of North America. He rose rapidly in Queen Elizabeth I's favour and was knighted in 1585 but was later imprisoned in the Tower of London by Elizabeth and again some years later by her successor James I. In 1618 Raleigh was arrested and executed.

Walter Raleigh

"History hath triumphed over time, which besides it nothing but eternity hath triumphed over."

Walter Raleigh - The History of the World (1614)
Walter Raleigh