Sir Walter Raleigh — a remark

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“Whosoever commands the sea commands the trade; whosoever commands the trade of the world commands the riches of the world, and consequently the world itself.”

Linking maritime power with commerce, wealth, and global influence · History of the World

About Sir Walter Raleigh

Sir Walter Raleigh

c. 1554–29 October 1618

Sir Walter Raleigh, born about 1554 at Hayes Barton in the parish of East Budleigh, Devon, and executed in London on 29 October 1618, remains one of the most vivid and contradictory figures of the English Renaissance. He was a soldier, imperial promoter, courtier, colonial entrepreneur, naval commander, politician…

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