3. England also wanted new trade routes and
new lands.
The first of the english explorers was John Cabot known as
Giovanni Cabatto.
Francis Drake was one of the daring english sea captains in
explore america.
Sir Walter Raleigh was other english explorer who was looking for
sea path to Asia.
4. JOHN CABOT
(1450 – 1499)
He was an italian sea captain that sailed under the english flag.
Cabot set out on his new world voyage in 1497 (five years after
Columbus).
He landed in newfoundland (island of Canada), he explored the
area and returned to England.
Cabot and his crew were lost at sea on his second voyage.
For the next 70 years England ignored the new world until 1570s
when the Reign of Elizabeth I ordered begin exploring America
again.
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6. England hoped find gold and silver in the new world , but all the
mines were controlled by Spain. So, some daring sea captains formed
a plan to steal the gold.
The Spanish shipped their gold from America to Spain. The bold
English sea captains planned to seize the gold and the ships; but if
the plan failed, the captains and crews could be hung as pirates.
These dangers did not stop many daring captains.
7. FRANCIS DRAKE
(1540 –1596)
Drake was one of those daring English sea captains.
In 1577 he sailed to panama, he attacked the Spanish settlements
and sailed around south America.
Drake seized a Spanish treasure ship on the pacific side of south
America, and he escaped by sailing north to the coast of California
specifically in San Francisco bay area.
From there, he sailed west to the spice islands (Indonesia)
8. Drake’s voyage around the world had taken
three years.
He came home with a fortune in gold,
silver and spices.
Elizabeth I rewarded Drake by making him
knight; from the on, he was Sir Francis Drake.
9. SIR WALTER RALEIGH
He was not only an explorer, he was also an organizer of colonies.
One of his colonies was Roanoke Island (now North Carolina)
-settlers were homesick and hungry
-drake take his population back to england because it was a colony
without food
Raleigh sent another group of settlers, but in three years the
colony had vanished
13. Henry Hudson was an English explorer and navigator
who explored parts of the Arctic Ocean and
northeastern North America. The Hudson River, Hudson
Strait, and Hudson Bay are named for Hudson.
