English: Portrait of English writer, poet, courtier and explorer Sir Walter Raleigh (c. 1552 – 29 October 1618). Raleigh points to the Arctic region of a globe, a reference to the many Arctic voyages made by the English in search of a northwest passage to the Orient, and the privilege granted by Elizabeth I to Raleigh to make northwest discoveries and exploit land in North America.
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A portrait of Sir Walter Raleigh with a globe, attributed to Federico Zuccari (1542/1543–1609)
==Summary== {{Information |Description = {{en|Portrait of English writer, poet, courtier and explorer Sir Walter Raleigh (c. 1552 – 29 October1618). Raleigh points to the [[w:Arctic|Arc