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Exploration of the World |
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- In 1497 John
Cabot sailed from Bristol and reached Nova Scotia in North
America.
- In 1508 Sebastian Cabot sailed into
Hudson Bay in North America.
- By 1521 Spanish and Portuguese explorers
had found sea routes to America and the Pacific Ocean.
- English explorers followed their routes.
- In 1527 Cabot explored the coast of
Paraguay in South America.
- Everyone was searching for new routes
to trade goods and to find new lands to settle and live in.
- The Spanish found new sources of gold
in South America.
- By 1550 the Spanish had conquered much
of South and Central America. They brought back the gold by ships
to Spain.
- England and Spain were not openly at
war, but privateers such as John
Hawkins attacked the treasure ships and took the gold to England.
- Slaves were taken from West Africa
to the Caribbean. They were sold to Spanish settlers in return
for sugar, ginger animal skins and pearls.
- In 1548 English settlers built home
on Roanake Island off of Virginia, North America. Sir
Walter Raleigh founded this colony. More settlers came in
1585, but because of lack of support from England the settlers
abandoned it and returned home.
- In 1553 Willoughby and Chancellor sailed
north east to Russia.
- Sir Francis
Drake was one of the most
famous privateers. (The Spanish would have called him a pirate).
- In 1572 Drake
raided Spanish ports in the West Indies and Panama.
- In 1576 Sir
Martin Frobisher explored the Hudson Strait in North America.
- He went on a voyage around the world
in 1577. He set out with three ships. He sailed around South America
and up the Pacific Coast. He captured vast amounts of gold and
silver from the Spanish. When he returned home Elizabeth
I made him a knight.
- Drake
returned from his voyage round the world in 1580.
- In 1595 Sir
Walter Raleigh sailed to Guiana in South America.
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