Many expeditions have tried to find El Dorado, but has anyone succeeded? Some even lost their head in the attempt.

Sir Walter Raleigh ... may well have led to the Queen granting Raleigh a royal commission to search for El Dorado in 1595, the legendary Spanish City of Gold. This time, Raleigh himself was to lead ...

English courtier Sir Walter Raleigh made two trips to Guiana to search for El Dorado. During his second trip in 1617, he sent his son, Watt Raleigh, with an expedition up the Orinoco River.

Him flashy or flamboyant in array. Today, he means to make the perfect showing, This day of all days, day of his outgoing.

The removal of portraits of Queen Elizabeth I and Sir Walter Raleigh from 10 Downing Street ... He was a poet, a scourge of the Irish, and a seeker of El Dorado. The Queen’s favor was withdrawn when ...

The military and naval commander Walter Raleigh, was a favourite of Elizabeth I. He was knighted in 1584 which may have been when this portrait miniature was commissioned and it seems to be the ...

Thank you for supporting Ireland's best local journalism! A red velvet bag which was used to carry Sir Walter Raleigh’s head after he was executed has been found in a loft. The Devon-born explorer who ...

Sir Keir Starmer has removed portraits of Elizabeth I and Sir Walter Raleigh that were hung up in No10. The paintings were ...

Sir Keir Starmer has taken down portraits of Elizabeth I and Sir Walter Raleigh that were on display in Downing Street, The Telegraph can reveal. The paintings of the last Tudor monarch and the ...

Bushy shrub rose about 1.2m tall, with healthy, large, mid-green leaves and strongly fragrant, very large, cupped, fully double blooms of clear warm pink, open to display golden stamens, flowering ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — The official City of Raleigh flag was designed more than 100 years ago. It’s uniquely double-sided bearing an oak tree on one side and Sir Walter Raleigh’s coat of arms on the ...