Drake

• causation - EXPANDING TERRITORY

  voyages of exploration enabled explorers to claim territory for elizabeths government - especially in the new world leading to settlement and colonisation
• causation - PRIVATE INVESTMENT

  private investors [elizabeth] & her courtiers funded many of the voyages of discovery - rewards could be enormous
• causation - IMPROVEMENTS IN SHIP DESIGN

  ships / galleons had bigger sails - faster & easier to move

  greater firepower against attack by pirates

  • more stable
  • could carry more supplies
  • encourage longer voyages & exploration
• causation - TRADE

  english merchants needed new trading opportunities

  • as war w/ Spain & Netherlands severely DAMAGED wool & cloth trades
• cause - DEVELOPMENT OF STANDARDISED MAPS

  sailors & traders coudl be more confident in voyage

  • reduced risk of exploration
  • encourage further voyages
• cause - NEW TECHNOLOGY

  developments of devices such as QUADRANTS & ASTROLABES made navigation more precise

  • voyages faster & safer
  • more exploration & trade
• cause - ADVENTURE

  voygages of discovery & exploration

  wanted to venture into unkown in belief fortunes could be made
• WHY DRAKE CIRCUMNAVIGATED GLOBE

  • was attacking spain - did NOT aim to sail around the world
  • main purpose was to raid spanish colonies in pacific
• WHY DRAKE CIRCUMNAVIGATED GLOBE

  • revenge - spanish attacked drakes fleet at St Juans de Ulua & most his men were killed
• WHY DRAKE CIRCUMNAVIGATED GLOBE

  profit - loot , booty and trade meant = huge profits to be made from proposed journey to the Americas --> ppl willing to invest into EXPEDITION such as Elizabeth I