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... land ! ' No time was wasted in repining . Raleigh set to work at once to organize a new venture . It is the one for which he is best remembered . He secured , in 1584 , a patent to colonize Virginia , a name which the Queen graciously ...
... land ! ' No time was wasted in repining . Raleigh set to work at once to organize a new venture . It is the one for which he is best remembered . He secured , in 1584 , a patent to colonize Virginia , a name which the Queen graciously ...
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... land of El Dorado . He thought that that land was ruled by a potentate called the Emperor of Guiana , who owned an infinite treasure of gold , silver , and precious stones , and who had received , in addition , a part of the treasure of ...
... land of El Dorado . He thought that that land was ruled by a potentate called the Emperor of Guiana , who owned an infinite treasure of gold , silver , and precious stones , and who had received , in addition , a part of the treasure of ...
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... land armaments . Lord Thomas Howard served as Vice - Admiral ; Raleigh as Rear - Admiral ; and Sir Francis Vere as Com- mander of the Land Forces . When the entire force was assembled at Plymouth , it consisted of seventeen ships of the ...
... land armaments . Lord Thomas Howard served as Vice - Admiral ; Raleigh as Rear - Admiral ; and Sir Francis Vere as Com- mander of the Land Forces . When the entire force was assembled at Plymouth , it consisted of seventeen ships of the ...
Contents
Preface Raleigh and the Sixteenth Century | 7 |
Say to the Court it Glows | 15 |
Public Life | 35 |
Copyright | |
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