Sir Walter RaleighYou have lived like a star at which the world has gazed, said the judge at Sir Walter Raleigh's trial. He was fortune's tennis ball, said another contemporary, to many others he was an arrogant liar. |
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... Azores , for soon the treasure fleet would be due - indeed he would already have left but for a storm that had lasted for five days . It was decided that two of the Assistants should go with him , in order to persuade Raleigh to send ...
... Azores , for soon the treasure fleet would be due - indeed he would already have left but for a storm that had lasted for five days . It was decided that two of the Assistants should go with him , in order to persuade Raleigh to send ...
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... Azores and the western coast of Spain and Portugal , in the hope of catching the flotas or Spanish treasure ships from the West Indies . Hence that meeting of the Hopewell off the Azores with John Hawkins , who had recently taken over ...
... Azores and the western coast of Spain and Portugal , in the hope of catching the flotas or Spanish treasure ships from the West Indies . Hence that meeting of the Hopewell off the Azores with John Hawkins , who had recently taken over ...
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... Azores was planned , she appointed him Vice - Admiral under Lord Thomas Howard , a cousin of the Lord High Admiral Howard , and nephew of one of Raleigh's arch enemies , Lord Henry Howard . Five of the ships were the Queen's own , and ...
... Azores was planned , she appointed him Vice - Admiral under Lord Thomas Howard , a cousin of the Lord High Admiral Howard , and nephew of one of Raleigh's arch enemies , Lord Henry Howard . Five of the ships were the Queen's own , and ...
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