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Learn about the 15th earl of Desmond rebellion against the English crown and the formation of the Munster Plantation
A discussion of English colonization of the vast estates in Munster, Ireland, that...
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Sir Walter Raleigh.
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Sir Walter Raleigh
Sir Walter Raleigh, engraving by Simon Pass for the title page of the first edition...
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Sir Walter Raleigh's conquest of St. Joseph, Trinidad
Sir Walter Raleigh's conquest of the city of St. Joseph, Trinidad.
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