Explorers | Elizabethan England
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Dr John Dee
Wanted to create a great Empire. Knowledge of navigation helped explorers. ✅
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Francis Drake
First to circumnavigate world. Returned with lots of treasure from the Spanish. ✅
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Humphrey Gilbert
Wanted to find a good trade route with China. Claimed Newfoundland (underwhelming). Refused to leave overloaded ship. Drowned. ❌
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Walter Raleigh
Established Roanoke colony, who had to be rescued by Drake in 1586. ❌
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James Lancaster
Started trade with the East, forming the East India Company. Hugely successful voyage. ✅
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Ralph Fitch
Established their first trading links with the Mughal Empire. Returned after 8 years after learning much ✅
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