English sailors & their contribution to Elizabethan England

• Individuals:

  Sir John Hawkins:

  > Sir John Hawkins was significant to the English economy, as he captured over 300 Portuguese slaves and traded them for pearls, hides and sugar.
• Individuals:

  Sir John Hawkins:

  > He was also involved in developing the transatlantic slave trade, as he took part in 3 slave voyages, capturing slaves from Sierra Leone and setting up a trade that would lead to British ships transporting 3.1 million Africans to America and the Caribbean, with 1/6 dying on the way.
• Individuals:

  Drake and Circumnavigation 1577–1580:

  > In his ship, the Golden Hind, Drake took the 36 kgs of gold, 26 tons of silver and 13 chests of jewels from the Spanish.
• Individuals:

  Drake and Circumnavigation 1577–1580:

  > Drake landed in North America where he made repairs for 5 weeks and claimed the land for Queen Elizabeth.
• Individuals:

  Drake and Circumnavigation 1577–1580:

  > The Queen received more than her entire income for a year as a result of the wealth brought back by Drake. As a result, Drake was knighted in 1581 on board the Golden Hind.
• Individuals:

  The role of Sir Walter Raleigh:

  > Sir Walter Raleigh was significant for religion, as well as war and violence, as he was a staunch Protestant who fought for the Huguenots in the French Wars of Religion and then fought for England

  against the Irish Catholics in Ireland. As a result of his victories in Ireland, Elizabeth knighted him.
• Individuals:

  The role of Sir Walter Raleigh:

  > Sir Walter Raleigh was significant for the English economy, as he brought back the new goods of potatoes and tobacco.