Question

This person convinced Thomas Harriot to settle in Myrtle Grove, a plantation developed after the end of the Desmond Rebellions. This person urged Richard Hakluyt to publish Discourse Concerning Western Planting to garner royal support for his schemes. This person captured Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa, whose amiable release was insufficient in preventing an invasion led by the Duke of Medina Sidonia. The exposure of this person’s secretive marriage to a (*) lady-in-waiting named Elizabeth Throckmorton forced him to try to find El Dorado up the Orinoco River. (-5[1])The implication of this explorer in the Main Plot (10[1])spawned a trial that publicized the matter of hearsay. For 10 points, name this explorer who sent John White to establish the (10[1])Roanoke Colony in a future American state whose capital is named after him. ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: Walter Raleigh [or Sir Walter Raleigh; accept Raleigh, North Carolina]
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