Characters of Walter Raleigh

Raleigh first landed on the island of Trinidad and claimed it for Britain. He then sailed to the mouth of the Orinoco River in Venezuela. He traveled upriver for 15 days, then turned back and inspected the coasts of Guyana and Suriname.

In 1617, Rayleigh led another expedition to the Onoko area. He was in his 60s at the time, fell ill in Trinidad and had to stay. Other members of the expedition reached the Orinoco River, but fought with Spanish settlers there and many were killed. The expedition returned to England in despair. Raleigh was executed shortly afterwards.

Early in his life, Raleigh plotted attempts to establish British colonies in North America, one of which was the mysterious "Lost Colony of Virginia" on Roanoke Island, North Carolina. In 1587, 117 settlers landed there. When Raleigh's ship returned two years later, there was no trace of the settlers; they had all disappeared. After Columbus discovered America, fortune after fortune passed through the hands of the prodigal nobles of Spain and Portugal and came into the hands of the British bourgeoisie. However, this trend made their appetite even greater. A series of explorations and Piracy has become an explanation for this purpose.

It was during this period that Raleigh, who advocated controlling the oceans, came onto the stage of history. At that time, Britain was under the rule of Queen Elizabeth I, and there were many talents. It was the golden age of British navigation.

There was a lyric at that time to explain the ambition of the British:

Rule, Britain,

Britain, rule the vast waves.

The British theory was that the ocean would conquer the world.

This theory was proposed by Rayleigh, and it was so far-sighted that it could even be called the prototype of sea power theory. Walter Raleigh (about 1552~1618) was a talented soldier and a talented poet. He studied at Oxford University Law School in his early years and can be said to be an academic wise soldier, very different from Drake.

Inspired by Sir Francis Drake's circumnavigation of the world, a group of young people studying at Oxford Intermediate Law School secretly planned to make a fortune in America. Among them were Sir Martin Frobisher, Sir John Popham and, of course, Sir Walter Raleigh.

The Lyceum was an interesting college, close to the London theatres, a center of judicial activity and an ideal place for Queen Elizabeth's pirates to plan their plunders. The idea of ??establishing a British base in America was indeed attractive, not least because it would provide a base from which the British could attack the treasure-laden ships of their greatest rival, the Spanish. Here, Raleigh had the honor to participate in the Queen's war planning.

When he participated in the suppression of the Irish uprising in 1580, Raleigh attracted Elizabeth's attention because of his frank criticism of British policy towards Ireland, and he was summoned by the queen. He also put forward his own views on foreign and maritime trade policies, and gained strong support from the Queen. He was given a grant to raise funds for fleet building and expeditions. Raleigh mobilized ships in the name of the Queen's envoy, so these fleets were also called "the Queen's ships". This treatment was unavailable to other navigators. Raleigh went to sea from England and did some piracy activities in the early days, so we can see many of his pirate deeds in the data. His gentle and elegant jazz image as "a pirate captain with a book" may be a vague impression of Clifford. .

There are many legends. It is said that Raleigh was an ordinary captain. In fact, he was not. His deeds and name are still preserved in the Tower of London, Oxford and Westminster Abbey. His gentle and elegant manner, talking and laughing demeanor, Treat people with sincerity and be wise and resourceful when dealing with enemies.

The most typical one is his attack on Spanish ships, otherwise he would not be a name on everyone's pirate record.

About 1582, Raleigh embarked on an expedition deeper into the American continent to establish new colonies. After an arduous voyage, they arrived at Roanoke Island in what is now Virginia, the United States. This is what is commonly referred to as "Lost Virginia." A year ago, Arthur Barlow, a relative of Raleigh, visited this place for inspection. After returning, he strongly recommended this place to Sir Raleigh. He wrote: There are tall cedars, bunches of grapes, leisurely deer, jumping rabbits and various poultry everywhere. Therefore, Raleigh established an unseemly "colony" here, leaving 117 people from England who were willing to settle here.

This is the prelude to the story of Thanksgiving in the United States and the Mayflower before the British officially immigrated. Among them, Raleigh had many scientific followers, among whom John White was good at drawing. He painted Walter Raleigh's coat of arms in a prominent position, which marked the possession of this land.

However, the island where the first British immigrants wanted to settle did not welcome them. The area around their homes was filthy and full of swamps, and diseases began to spread among them. These immigrants longed for a ship to take them home, but the ship never came. The colony just disappeared. No one knew the whereabouts of these hundreds of men, women, and children.

Without further ado, we continued Rayleigh's expedition. Rayleigh continued sailing south and came to Trinidad and Tobago, where he discovered asphalt, but his voyage failed to continue. The fleet's There were difficulties with supplies, so he had to return to England. Raleigh tried to see the living conditions of the hundreds of men, women, and children, but they disappeared. This became one of the mysteries in history.

Raleigh also brought back tobacco, a smoking item from the Americas. It is this kind of thing that has become the most luxurious and unhealthy daily consumption of mankind for centuries. I don’t know that Raleigh What would it be like to know something about Jazz?

Raleigh's adventure was successful and he gained a high reputation. Because of his adventurous exploits, he was knighted in 1585, and two years later he was appointed captain of the queen's guard. He is suave, intelligent and humorous. He wrote poems in praise of the queen, which won her favor. For a time, she favored her more than anyone else. She was completely fascinated by him. At that time, Rayleigh and the Queen did truly love each other, and the rewards Rayleigh received were unmatched by others. However, the queen could not get married due to political reasons, so Raleigh was so neglected that he fell in love with her.

His wife was married to a maid named Throckmorton with whom he had a previous relationship without telling the Queen. He did this, which made Elizabeth very angry, so she threw Raleigh into the Tower of London in the name of tarnishing the chastity and honor of the maid. But Reilly has since been left out. His support for the execution of the Queen of Scots during his time as queen was also resented by the later King James of England.

Raleigh continued his exploration. When he heard the legend about El Dorado, he led an expedition to South America in 1595 to search for gold.

Raleigh first landed on the island of Trinidad and claimed it for Britain. He then sailed to the mouth of the Orinoco River in Venezuela. He traveled up the river for 15 days, then turned back and inspected the coast of Suriname.

This expedition was a failure, with no supplies, no gold, and no harvest. When I returned to the UK, I was more filled with supercilious looks and the world was in a miserable state.

He was subsequently imprisoned in 1603 on trumped-up charges of attempting to overthrow the throne. He himself knew what was going on. He is very open-minded. Later, he was suspended because his reputation could not lead to death, and he was imprisoned in the Tower of London. He was the longest prisoner in the Tower of London. Raleigh's life in the Tower was quite comfortable. He even brought his wife and son in. He grew tobacco in his garden and converted a chicken coop into a chemistry laboratory. In his spare time, he even wrote a famous book "History of the World".

If he had stayed like this, Rayleigh would not have been sent to the guillotine, but it was a pity that his nature as an adventurer ruined him. In 1616, Raleigh wrote to the king, convincing him to forget the past and sending him on an expedition to Guyana, which he had visited twenty years earlier. After James agreed, Raleigh was paroled and promised to develop gold mines there without infringing on Spanish interests. But nothing was achieved, and his subordinates burned down a Spanish settlement. Therefore, James executed him in 1618 based on the original verdict of 1603. At this time, Rayleigh was already old, seriously ill, and seemed frail.

But he still showed his witty personality. Facing the sharp knife held by the executioner, he said humorously: "This medicine is too powerful, but it can cure all diseases.