Walter Raleigh, Kt. on the day he was beheaded in Old Palace Yard, Westminster Oct. 29th Ano.Dom. 1618. Reader - should you reflect on his errors Remember his many virtues and that he was a mortal The ...

In the 16th and 17th centuries, Europeans believed that somewhere in the New World there was a place ... English courtier Sir Walter Raleigh made two trips to Guiana to search for El Dorado.