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Sir Walter Ralegh
b 22 January 1552 / d. 29 October 1618
The first to make a dream of an English empire in America a reality was Ralegh. In 1585 this adventurer and favorite of Queen Elizabeth founded a military base on Roanoke Island, between what today is mainland North Carolina and its Outer Banks. Was with the Spanish Armada in 1588 cut off communications with England, and in 1590 a relief expedition found the colony mysteriously abandoned. |