Walter Ralegh. (Photo by National Portrait Gallery)

Walter Ralegh

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Sir Walter Raleigh, 1552–1618 (Photo by Getty Images)

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Elizabethan adventurer, courtier, navigator and historian Sir Walter Ralegh – "a gorgeous, larger than life figure". Unfortunately, many of his peers weren't impressed by his good looks, and saw instead an arrogant man, blind to his own weaknesses. (Time Life Pictures/Mansell/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

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