Since Sir Walter Raleigh was in prison from 1603 to 1616, he missed knowing that the court had committed to the idea of peace with Spain. When he was released in 1616 in order to voyage to Orinoco and find El Dorado, his preparations made clear that if he happened to run into the flota, then that was another good way to find fabled gold. However, the expedition included the body capture of the Spanish town of Santo Mae. Thus, Raleigh was executed for endangering the peace with Spain.