Sir Walter Raleigh
Sir Walter Raleigh was a sailor,
pirate, English writer and politician,
who popularized the snuff in Europe. In Spanish
classical literature was known as
Guantarral.
Ally from the beginning to the side of Queen Elizabeth I, fought tenaciously against the Irish rebels, conceived the project of colonizing North America, founded in 1584 the colony of Virginia (the first map was drawn by the mathematician Thomas Harriot, who accompanied him) contributed to the defeat of the Spanish Armada, and fought to restore the throne to the king of Portugal (1589).
Raleigh was made governor of Jersey during the pariod 1600-1603, and was responsible for modernizing the defenses of the island. He called the new fort in St. Helier Fort Isabella Bellissima, known later as Elizabeth Castle. Participated in a second expedition to the Orinoco in search of the mythical El Dorado.
Ally from the beginning to the side of Queen Elizabeth I, fought tenaciously against the Irish rebels, conceived the project of colonizing North America, founded in 1584 the colony of Virginia (the first map was drawn by the mathematician Thomas Harriot, who accompanied him) contributed to the defeat of the Spanish Armada, and fought to restore the throne to the king of Portugal (1589).
Raleigh was made governor of Jersey during the pariod 1600-1603, and was responsible for modernizing the defenses of the island. He called the new fort in St. Helier Fort Isabella Bellissima, known later as Elizabeth Castle. Participated in a second expedition to the Orinoco in search of the mythical El Dorado.
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