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Elizabethan Explorers 1580-1603 - Coggle Diagram
Elizabethan Explorers 1580-1603
John Dee
His knowledge of Navigation gave others the skills they needed to travel the oceans
Created Maps and books
22 November 1577 - Met Elizabeth - tried to persuade her to challenge power of Spain
He argued they English explorers should search for mew routes to rich markets - Vision of the 'British Empire'
James Lanaster
Founed the East India Company with other merchants
Opened factories on the coast of India
Biggest trading company in the world
Broke up in 1858
Lancaster was chosen to command ships that set out in 1601
Established First warehouse in the East at Bantam on the island of Java
Huge sucess
Humphrey Gilbert
Took possession of Newfoundland
Failed to establish a colony
His ship 'the squirrel' sank and Gilbert died
Elizabeth granted him a charter to establish a colony in North America
Francis Drake
Ship 'Golden Hind'
Travelled around the world
Triumphant event
Claimed California for the Queen
'New Albion'
Travelled to Spice Islands
Traded linen for cloves, ginger & pimento
Brought huge riches back home
He was knighted
Walter Raleigh
Wished to establish colony in North America
Hoped to find a northern sea route from the Atlantic to the Pacific
Knowledge helped future colonisation
Asked Richard Hakluyt to write a leaflet explaining benefits of colonisation
1548 - Elizabeth grated him a royal charter to explore and colonise North America - Discovered an island called Roanoke
Ralph Fitch
Wrote an account of his journey to India
People could Learn more about India
Travelled across India
Gained Important knowledge about Sea Trade with China and the spice Islands
Took letters From Queen Elizabeth to the Mughal and Chinese Emperors
Increase in Voyages and trade due to
Invention of the printing press
Ship Design improved
Navigation improved