English statesman, soldier and writer (1552–1618)

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John Dee performing an experiment before Queen Elizabeth I. Oil painting by Henry Gillard Glindoni.

Sir Walter Raleigh. Engraving.

Sir Walter Raleigh smoking a pipe and being doused by a servant who thinks he's on fire. Wood-engraving, mid-19th century.

The funeral procession of Queen Elizabeth I, including the Earl of Worcester and Sir Walter Raleigh. Engraving by J. Basire after a drawing by William Camden, 1791.

William Gilbert demonstrating the magnet before Queen Elizabeth, 1598. Oil painting by Ernest Board.

The Thames as a gateway to foreign trade routes. Etching by J. Barry, 1791.

Americae pars VIII. Continens primo, descriptionem trivm itinervm Francisci Draken, qui circumnauigato vniuerso terrarum orbe, postea copiis nauticis, ad expugnandum ciuitatem Panamam, in Indiam nauigauit. Secvndo, iter ... Thomae Candisch ... Tertio, duo itinera ... Gvaltheri Ralech quibus describitur ... regnum Gviana ... cuius ... tabula geographica in fronte operis occurrit / Primo Anglicana lingva sparsim consignata: iam vero in vnum corpus redacta, & in Latinum sermonem conuersa; figurisq; illustrata & in lucem emissa, opera & sumptibus I. T. de Bry haeredum.

Sir Walter Raleigh. Stipple engraving by W. Holl.

Juno (?) holding thunderbolts over a stormy sea presides over a monument adorned with eight portraits of English seamen in roundels. Engraving by A. Smith and J. Newton, 1795, after R. Smirke.

The discoverie of the large rich, and bewtifvl empire of Gviana. With / a relation of the great and Golden Citie / of Manoa (which the Spanyards call El / Dorado) And of the Prouinces of Emeria, / Arromaia, Amapaia, and other Cou- / tries, with their riuers, ad- / ioyning. / Performed in the yeare 1595, by Sir W. Ralegh. Knight, Captaine of her / Maiesties Guard, Lo. Warden / of the Stanneries, and her High- / nesse Lieutenant generall / of the Countie of / Cornewall / [Sir Walter Raleigh].

The historie of the world. In five bookes. Intreating of the beginning and first ages of the same, from the creation unto Abraham. 2 Of the times from the birth of Abraham to the destruction of the Temple of Salomon. 3 From the destruction of Jerusalem, to the time of Philip of Macedon. 4 From the Raigne of Philip of Macedon, to the establishing of that Kingdome in the Race of Antigonus. 5 From the settled rule of Alexanders Sucessors in the East, untill the Romans (prevailing over all) made conquest of Asia and Macedon / By Sir Walter Ralegh, Knight.

Sir W-l-r- Ra-l-gh's ghost, which appear'd to Sir R--t [i.e. Robert Walpole] ... with his reprimand for laying new imposts on tobacco, which he first introduc'd into England / [Sir Walter Raleigh].

The works of Sir Walter Ralegh, kt. political, commercial, and philosophical; together with his letters and poems. The whole never before collected together, and some never yet printed. To which is prefix'd, a new account of his life / by Tho. Birch ... Volume the first [-second].

A discourse upon Sr Walter Rawleigh's great cordial / by N. le Febure ... ; rendred into English by Peter Belon.

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Walter Raleigh

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Images by Walter Raleigh

Images featuring Walter Raleigh

Works from the collections

Sir W-l-r- Ra-l-gh's ghost, which appear'd to Sir R--t [i.e. Robert Walpole] ... with his reprimand for laying new imposts on tobacco, which he first introduc'd into England / [Sir Walter Raleigh].

The works of Sir Walter Ralegh, kt. political, commercial, and philosophical; together with his letters and poems. The whole never before collected together, and some never yet printed. To which is prefix'd, a new account of his life / by Tho. Birch ... Volume the first [-second].

A discourse upon Sr Walter Rawleigh's great cordial / by N. le Febure ... ; rendred into English by Peter Belon.

Walter Raleigh

Images from the collections

Images by Walter Raleigh

Images featuring Walter Raleigh

Works from the collections

Sir W-l-r- Ra-l-gh's ghost, which appear'd to Sir R--t [i.e. Robert Walpole] ... with his reprimand for laying new imposts on tobacco, which he first introduc'd into England / [Sir Walter Raleigh].

The works of Sir Walter Ralegh, kt. political, commercial, and philosophical; together with his letters and poems. The whole never before collected together, and some never yet printed. To which is prefix'd, a new account of his life / by Tho. Birch ... Volume the first [-second].

A discourse upon Sr Walter Rawleigh's great cordial / by N. le Febure ... ; rendred into English by Peter Belon.

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