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Elizabethan Explorers Flashcards

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John Dee

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Advisor to the Queen
Suggested the idea of a British Empire

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Francis Drake

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First Englishman to circumnavigate the globe
Landed in California and claimed the loan of England
Returned to England with stolen treasure and spices
Got knighted by the queen

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Humphrey Gilbert

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Tried to find a trade route
Drowned on his return to England

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Walter Raleigh

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Named a territory Virginia (the Virgin Queen) in Roanoke
Failed due to a lack of supplies, dangerous journey and colonists attacking Native Americans

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Ralph Finch

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Established first trade with the East
Tried to make it to China
Came back with spices, fabrics and foods

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John Lancaster

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East India trading company
1600

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