Sir Walter Ralegh -1585, Founded and lost the first English colony in North America. - He is from England. -He was a British explorer, poet and historian.
-He was born probably in 1552, though the date is not certain.
-In 1568 he was entered as a commoner of Oriel College, Oxford, but he took no degree, and his residence was brief.
-In 1594 Raleigh heard of a "City of Gold" in South America and sailed to find it.
-After Queen Elizabeth died in 1603 Raleigh was again imprisoned in the Tower, this time for allegedly being involved in the main plot against king James 1.
-He returned to England and, to appease the Spanish, was arrested and executed in 1618.
Sir Walter Ralegh
-1585, Founded and lost the first English colony in North America.
- He is from England.
-He was a British explorer, poet and historian.
-He was born probably in 1552, though the date is not certain.
-In 1568 he was entered as a commoner of Oriel College, Oxford, but he took no degree, and his residence was brief.
-In 1594 Raleigh heard of a "City of Gold" in South America and sailed to find it.
-After Queen Elizabeth died in 1603 Raleigh was again imprisoned in the Tower, this time for allegedly being involved in the main plot against king James 1.
-He returned to England and, to appease the Spanish, was arrested and executed in 1618.
sources and pics
fact 1,2-http://www.floridahistory.com/early-explorers.html
3,4 fact-http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/raleghbio.htm
fact 5,6,7,8-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Raleigh
pic-1-http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/ralegh.htm
pic-2-http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/30-picture-of-sir-walter-raleigh.htm