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Walter Raleigh
Definition by Mark Cartwright

Walter Raleigh

Sir Walter Raleigh (c. 1552-1618 CE) was an English courtier, soldier, mariner, explorer, and historian. A one-time favourite of his queen, Elizabeth I of England (r. 1558-1603 CE), Raleigh organised three expeditions to form a colony on...
Wonderful Things: Howard Carter's Discovery of Tutankhamun's Tomb
Article by Ben Morales-Correa

Wonderful Things: Howard Carter's Discovery of Tutankhamun's Tomb

The great discoverer of the treasures of King Tutankhamun, Howard Carter, was born on May 9, 1874 CE to Samuel John and Martha Joyce (Sands) Carter in Kensington, England. A sick, home-schooled child, Carter learned to draw and paint from...
Sir Walter Raleigh by Segar
Image by William Segar

Sir Walter Raleigh by Segar

A 1598 CE painting by William Segar of the Elizabethan adventurer Sir Walter Raleigh (c. 1552-1618 CE). (National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin)
Sir Walter Raleigh by Hilliard
Image by Nicholas Hilliard

Sir Walter Raleigh by Hilliard

A portrait by Nicholas Hilliard of Sir Walter Raleigh (c. 1552-1618 CE), the English courtier, soldier, mariner, explorer and historian. (National Portrait Gallery, London)
An Armed Pirate by Howard Pyle
Image by Howard Pyle

An Armed Pirate by Howard Pyle

A sketch of an armed pirate from the Golden Age of Piracy by Howard Pyle (1853-1911). From Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates: Fiction, Fact & Fancy Concerning the Buccaneers & Marooners of the Spanish Main, New York, Harper and Brothers...
A Buccaneer by Howard Pyle
Image by Howard Pyle

A Buccaneer by Howard Pyle

An early 20th-century illustration by Howard Pyle showing a buccaneer. The buccaneers terrorized the Spanish Main from 1620 to 1697. (From Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates: Fiction, Fact & Fancy Concerning the Buccaneers & Marooners...
Pirates on Shore by Howard Pyle
Image by Howard Pyle

Pirates on Shore by Howard Pyle

He Led Jack up to a Man Who Sat upon a Barrel' by Howard Pyle, an illustration for a 1921 edition of Jack Ballister's Fortunes by Howard Pyle and Merle De Vore (ed).
Marooned Mariner by Howard Pyle
Image by Howard Pyle

Marooned Mariner by Howard Pyle

A detail of a 1909 painting showing a marooned mariner by the artist and writer Howard Pyle (1853-1911). To be marooned without food or water, sometimes even without clothes, was a punishment given to a mariner or pirate who had seriously...
A Pirate Captain by Howard Pyle
Image by Howard Pyle

A Pirate Captain by Howard Pyle

Captain Keitt, a detail from the frontispiece of The Ruby of Kishmoor, written and illustrated by Howard Pyle (1853-1911). First published in 1908.
Walking the Plank by Howard Pyle
Image by Howard Pyle

Walking the Plank by Howard Pyle

An illustration of a victim walking the plank by Howard Pyle (1853-1911). Published to illustrate Buccaneers and Marooners of the Spanish Main in Harper's Magazine, 1887.
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