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Sir Walter Ralegh (?). Stipple engraving by C. Picart, 1823, after F. Zucchero (?).
Zuccaro, Federico, approximately 1540-1609.Date: Jan. 1 1823Reference: 8072i- Books
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A general history of the lives, trials, and executions of all the royal and noble personages, that have suffered in Great-Britain and Ireland for high treason, or other crimes, from the Accession of Henry Viii. to the Throne of England, down to the present Time; With a Circumstantial Narrative of Their Behaviour during Confinement, and At the Place of Execution: To which is added, A Particular Account of the Rebellions in England, Scotland and Ireland, for the two last Centuries. Compiled, with the Utmost Care and Accuracy, from the best histories, and Most Authentic Memoirs, by Delahay Gordon, Esq. And illustrated with Copper-Plates. ...
Gordon, Delahay.Date: MDCCLX. [1760]- Books
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A discourse upon Sr Walter Rawleigh's great cordial / by N. le Febure ... ; rendred into English by Peter Belon.
Le Fèvre, Nicaise, 1610-1669Date: 1664- Books
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The life of Sir Walter Ralegh, from his birth to his death on the scaffold: Containing, I. An Account of his Family, its Antiquity, Dignity, Power, and Wealth. II. His gradual Rise, and the Steps he took in his Youth to that Fame and Reputation which he enjoyed in his riper Years. III. His gallant Actions in France in Behalf of the Hugonots, and in Ireland against the Rebels. IV. His several Naval Expeditions to America and other Parts; with his Discovery of Virginia. V. The Share he had in the glorious and ever memorable Victory which the English Fleet obtained over the Spanish Armada in the Year 1588. VI. A Relation of a most desperate Engagement between Sir Richard Greenvil in the Revenge against the whole Spanish Fleet. Vii. The Trial at large of Sir Walter Ralegh, his Condemnation, long Imprisonment in the Tower, and Execution. The whole compiled from the most approved authorities and curious manuscripts.
Oldys, William, 1696-1761.Date: MDCCXL. [1740]- Books
Ralegh's last journey : a tale of madness, vanity, and treachery / Paul Hyland.
Hyland, Paul, 1953-Date: 2003- Books
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The orders and directions, of the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen, to be diligently observed and kept by the citizens of London, during the time of the present visitation of the plague ... With divers excellent receipts, as well for the cure of the plague, as for preventing the further increase and infection thereof ... / set forth and approved of by ... Sir Walter Rawleigh, Mr. Culpepper, and divers other famous physicians and doctors.
City of London (England). Corporation. Court of Aldermen.Date: [1665]- Pictures
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William Gilbert demonstrating the magnet before Queen Elizabeth, 1598. Oil painting by Ernest Board.
Board, Ernest, 1877-1934.Reference: 45908i- Pictures
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The funeral procession of Queen Elizabeth I, including the Earl of Worcester and Sir Walter Raleigh. Engraving by J. Basire after a drawing by William Camden, 1791.
Camden, William, 1551-1623.Date: 23 April 1791Reference: 46664i- Ephemera
The fragrant weed : smoking, or, no smoking? : a small exhibition in the Modern Medicine reading room display cases in the library of the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine : 31 March-28 June 1997 / [Stephen Lowther].
Lowther, Stephen, 1955-Date: 1997- Books
Americae pars VIII. Continens primo, descriptionem trivm itinervm Francisci Draken, qui circumnauigato vniuerso terrarum orbe, postea copiis nauticis, ad expugnandum ciuitatem Panamam, in Indiam nauigauit. Secvndo, iter ... Thomae Candisch ... Tertio, duo itinera ... Gvaltheri Ralech quibus describitur ... regnum Gviana ... cuius ... tabula geographica in fronte operis occurrit / Primo Anglicana lingva sparsim consignata: iam vero in vnum corpus redacta, & in Latinum sermonem conuersa; figurisq; illustrata & in lucem emissa, opera & sumptibus I. T. de Bry haeredum.
Date: 1625- Pictures
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A tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum), its flowers and seeds, bordered by six scenes illustrating its use by man. Coloured lithograph, c. 1840.
Date: [c. 1840]Reference: 28060i- Books
Last voyages--Cavendish, Hudson, Ralegh : the original narratives / introduced and edited by Philip Edwards.
Date: 1988- Pictures
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John Dee performing an experiment before Queen Elizabeth I. Oil painting by Henry Gillard Glindoni.
Glindoni, Henry Gillard, 1852-1913.Date: 1800-1899Reference: 47369i- Pictures
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The Thames as a gateway to foreign trade routes. Etching by J. Barry, 1791.
Barry, James, 1741-1806.Date: May 1 1791Reference: 12117i- Pictures
Juno (?) holding thunderbolts over a stormy sea presides over a monument adorned with eight portraits of English seamen in roundels. Engraving by A. Smith and J. Newton, 1795, after R. Smirke.
Smirke, Robert, 1752-1845.Date: April 10 1795Reference: 2870658i- Pictures
William Shakespeare with thirteen of his friends and contemporaries in the Mermaid tavern, London. Lithograph after John Faed.
Faed, John, 1819-1902.Date: [between 1800 and 1899]Reference: 2881813i- Pictures
William Shakespeare with fourteen of his friends and contemporaries in the Mermaid tavern, London. Mezzotint by James Faed after John Faed.
Faed, John, 1819-1902.Date: [between 1850? and 1900?]Reference: 2928350i