Renaissance · South America · Exploration
1617
Raleigh's Last Voyage to Guiana
1617
Released from the Tower after thirteen years on a promise to find gold without fighting Spaniards, Sir Walter Raleigh sailed to the Orinoco and watched his son die in a reckless attack on a Spanish fort. He returned empty-handed, was arrested, and beheaded the following year on the original treason charge.
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Also in 1617 (2 other events on record)
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Renaissance (1501–1650), one of 715 events from that era on Saeculum.
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