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The life and explorations of Sir Walter Raleigh

• BY
• Gagan
• Hamza

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WHY HE IS IMPORTANT?

• He is important because he found land for us to
  visit and live on.
• He brought back lots of things for us, such as
  nutmeg, velvets
• This is a picture of Raleigh and his brother.

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Fact File

• Born in 1552.
• He found south America
• He was one of the greatest servants to Elizabeth
  I
• He was the first man to grow potatoes
• He died in 1618 in October

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Food Supplies

• The food wasn't very nice for the sailors. They
  ate
• Biscuits
• Beer
• Salt beef
• Salt fish
• Butter
• Cheese
• The sailors put the fish and beef in the salt.
  This helped to keep the food fresh.

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Supplies Taken on Board

• They took
• Wood, coal, candles, wax, lanterns, platters,
  dishes, bowls, buckets, scoops, taper candles,
  shovels, compasses, lamps, water casks, hoops of
  iron.

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Jobs on the ship

• When the storm comes they clean the deck with
  buckets and mops
• Bring the food and put the sails up
• Put the gunpowder in the canons

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The treasures

• They thought the new world would be packed with
  treasure
• He would have been really rich when they sold
  treasures back home.
• He made lots of money for the queen

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Life on board

• Life on board was very boring as they had no
  entertainment
• They had no games except singing. Raleighs crew
  would dance to their songs.
• They all had the same food over and over again.
  Theyll probably be wondering what theyll find
  and what kind of food do they have in the New
  World.

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Discoveries

• In Ireland he found spices such as peppers,
  nutmeg and chillies.
• He found tobacco and potatoes
• He found treasure and jewellery
• Raleigh found South America
• Raleigh went to Ireland, Spain and America