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'Sir W. Raleigh', (c1552-1618), 1830. Creator: Unknown.

'Sir W. Raleigh', (c1552-1618), 1830. Creator: Unknown.

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'Sir W. Raleigh', (c1552-1618), 1830. Sir Walter Raleigh (c1552-1618) English gentleman, writer, poet, soldier, politician, Elizabethan courtier, spy and explorer instrumental in colonisation of North America. He popularised tobacco and was executed in 1618 for violating the 1604 peace treaty with Spain. From "Biographical Illustrations", by Alfred Howard. [Thomas Tegg, R. Griffin and Co., J. Cumming, London, Glasgow and Dublin, 1830]. (Colorised black and white print).

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Creator
  1. Unknown, attributed to: :
Subject
  1. Sir Walter Raleigh: British; English: Adventurer, writer, sailor, pirate, navigator
People Related
  1. Alfred Howard: : Editor
  2. Thomas Tegg: British; English: Publisher, printer, bookseller
  3. Queen Elizabeth I: British: Queen
  4. Richard Griffin and Company: British: Bookseller, publisher
  5. J Cumming: Irish: Publisher
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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3856x5349
File Size : 60,427kb

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  1. 0580077623
  1. 2-861-689
  1. 2861689
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