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<title>Raleigh's Discoveries in the New World</title>
<info>...</info>
<section><title>Introduction</title>
<para>On March 25, 1584, Queen Elizabeth I of England charged Sir Walter Raleigh to
<blockquote><para>discover, search, find out, and view such remote, heathen and
barbarous lands, countries, and territories, not actually possessed of any
Christian Prince, nor inhabited by Christian People … [<xref linkend="mul93"/>]</para></blockquote>
That same year Raleigh sent two captains, Philip Amades and Arthur Barlowe,
from England to Hispaniola and the Canary Islands; from there, the captains
were instructed to scout the lands ...</para>
<para>...</para>
</section>
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