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• Geographical understanding

  • three years of diaries with detalied routes people could follow.
  • His cousins wrote accounts of the journeys.
  • documents water depths, speed of currents - ships could be more safe.
  • Opens up more opportunitys.
  • 'Drakes passage'
  • When they raided boats, they took maps to create the map of the world.
• Financial wealth, economic and trade

  • Drake raided and achieved so much money he had to take it to queen liz on horses.
  • Drake 10k, crew 40k.
  • 5 tons of treasure, 100 of pounds of gold and silver.
  • Emeralds - showered her with gifts.
• Personal standing

  • Drake was publicly an embarrasment - people knew he was a privateer - stealing money and treasure.
  • But Liz was secretly pleased, she sent letters, gave house in London, accepted his gifts.
  • Liz saw him as powerful for her - enhanced her reputation.
  • Golden age named after her.
  • Drakes passage named after him. Knighted
• Relations and competition with Spanish

  • Spanish ambassador demands compensation for Drakes piracy.
  • She lied about how much was taken.
  • She upsets the spanish in 1581 by knighting Drake.
  • Spanish did not trust the queen and drake - he was targeting drakes resources - increased tensions.
• Empire and future opportunites

  • Called California Nova Albion.
  • Start of the British empire.
  • Opened up so many routes and places that England can trade into for years.