Exploration Flashcards
What led Elizabethes to explore?
Expanding trade and adventure, Triangular trade, navigation, maps, ship design
what was the significance of Drake’s circumnavigation?
England a great sea-faring nation, encouraging explorations, Nova Albion, encouraging colonies in America, Anglo-Spanish damaged relations. (December 1577)
Who was Sir Walter Raleigh?
An English aristocrat and explorer.
What was Sir Walter Raleigh famous for bringing into England?
Tobacco and the potato. (1586)
Why was the colonisation of Virginia significant?
Undermining Spain,e economic benefits, the roots of the English empire.
When was Raleigh given grants to explore?
1584
What was the name of Sir Francis Drake’s ship?
Golden Hind
Give examples of Drake’s privateering in the New World
Raided ports, took ships.
What did Elizabeth I do to Drake when he returned?
Knighted him
What is Drake’s attack on Cadiz also known as?
Singeing the King of Spain’s beard.
When was the raid on Cadiz?
12 April 1587
What did Drake destroy in Cadiz?
Ships and supplies, delayed the Armada sailing
Give 3 reasons for increased exploration in Elizabethan England
Increase trade, colonisation, exploit slaves.
Give 2 technologies developed to make sailing more accurate
improved maps and precise navigation tools.
Which 1569 map introduced lines of longitude and latitude to make plotting more accurate?
The mercadator map
