Walter Raleigh
Walter Raleigh was an English explorer, courtier, and writer of the Elizabethan era, a favorite of Queen Elizabeth I who fell from grace and was eventually executed by James I.
He popularized tobacco in England and attempted to establish the failed Roanoke Colony in North America.
His name attaches to the capital of North Carolina and appears in phrases like Walter Raleigh spreading his cloak for acts of gallantry.
Mid-Atlantic American state
- RoanokeVirginia city or vanished colony
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
- charterFounding organizational document
- colonyDependent territorial settlement
New World · plantation · indigenous · Lost Colony · expedition · colonizer · territory · expansion
Hollow conveyance channel
- smokingInhaling burning tobacco
- introductionPreliminary section or presentation
- EnglandLargest British country
- popularizationMaking widely known
New World · snuff · plantation · Virginia · importation · fashion · court · habit
Metered poetic passage
- sonnetFourteen-line metered poem
- ElizabethanOf late 1500s England
- metaphorImplied identity comparison
- rhymeMatching terminal sounds
pastoral · couplet · stanza · Christopher Marlowe · quill · lyric · meter · imagery
Fabled golden city
- OrinocoVenezuelan river to Atlantic
- voyageJourney by sea
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
- navigatorRoute-directing crew member
discovery · ship · adventure · sea · Guiana · treasure · uncharted · map
Removal of head
- Tower of LondonMedieval riverside fortress
- treasonBetraying one's nation
- scaffoldTemporary elevated work structure
- James IFirst Stuart king
axe · death warrant · trial · conspiracy · sentence · verdict · last words · imprisonment
Virginia
Mid-Atlantic American state
- RoanokeVirginia city or vanished colony
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
- charterFounding organizational document
colony · New World · plantation · indigenous · Lost Colony · expedition · colonizer · territory · expansion · imperialism
pipe
Hollow conveyance channel
- smokingInhaling burning tobacco
- introductionPreliminary section or presentation
- EnglandLargest British country
popularization · New World · snuff · plantation · Virginia · importation · fashion · court · habit · leaf
verse
Metered poetic passage
- sonnetFourteen-line metered poem
- ElizabethanOf late 1500s England
- metaphorImplied identity comparison
rhyme · pastoral · couplet · stanza · Christopher Marlowe · quill · lyric · meter · imagery · parchment
El Dorado
Fabled golden city
- OrinocoVenezuelan river to Atlantic
- voyageJourney by sea
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
navigator · discovery · ship · adventure · sea · Guiana · treasure · uncharted · map · compass
beheading
Removal of head
- Tower of LondonMedieval riverside fortress
- treasonBetraying one's nation
- scaffoldTemporary elevated work structure
James I · axe · death warrant · trial · conspiracy · sentence · verdict · last words · imprisonment · downfall
Elizabeth I
Final Tudor sovereign
nobleman · gentleman · knighthood · patronage · Essex · intrigue · rivalry · disgrace · Tower of London · ambition
- ExplorersColumbus, Christopher Columbus, Magellan, Cortez, Marco Polo
- royal courtking, queen, prince, princess, crown
- seafarerssailor, seaman, mariner, able seaman, merchant seaman
- Early English VerseChaucer, Spenser, Milton, Shakespeare, Donne
- Elizabethan NavyFrancis Drake, sea dogs, privateers, Spanish Armada, galleons
- Elizabethan SeafarersFrancis Drake, privateer, sea dog, mariner, navigator
Walter RaleighGuy Fawkes
Walter Raleigharmchair philosopher