One of the most famous prisoners was Sir Walter Raleigh, an explorer from the 17 th Century, who is best known for making tobacco popular in England, especially in the royal court. In 1594 Raleigh ...

Sir Walter Raleigh (or Ralegh), explorer, courtier, writer and poet, is buried in the chancel of St Margaret's Church Westminster and there is a memorial tablet and stained glass window to him there.

Sir Walter Raleigh, stoically peering out at you from history books and gallery walls, is the ultimate Elizabethan. He’s depicted at various times in his life as dashing and confident, yet often ...

But the presumed fabulous treasure in the deeper water was beyond their reach. English courtier Sir Walter Raleigh made two trips to Guiana to search for El Dorado. During his second trip in 1617 ...

In the 16th century, Elizabethan explorer Sir Walter Raleigh set sail in search of El Dorado, a legendary city full of gold and precious jewels. 400 years on, and with the site of El Dorado still ...

Of the attempted colonizing ventures to North America before the successful settlement of Jamestown in 1607, that of Sir Walter Raleigh’s Roanoke colony is probably the best known. The Roanoke ...