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 in order 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. (-5[1])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. The implication of this explorer in the Main Plot spawned a trial that publicized the matter of hearsay. For 10 points, name this explorer who sent John White to establish the Roanoke Colony (-5[1])in a future American state whose capital is named after him. ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: Walter Raleigh [accept Raleigh, North Carolina]
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Raymond WangCornell RCornell MATLAB62-5
Ahmad ElrakhawiRITSyracuse+Rochester120-5
Nathan ZhangCornell MATLABCornell R13210
Sanjeev UppaluriSyracuse+RochesterRIT13210

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