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The Sea Dogs were a group of English privateers and explorers authorised by Queen Elizabeth I to raid England's enemies, whether they were formally at war with them or not. Active from 1560 until Elizabeth's death in 1603, the Sea Dogs primarily attacked Spanish targets both on land and at sea, particularly during the Anglo-Spanish War .
Elizabethan Sea Dog and associate of Sir Frances Drake during the early years of the Anglo-Spanish War. First English privateer to enter the Pacific though Panama. [citation needed] William Parker: d. 1617 1590s–1600s England Elizabethan Sea Dog active in the West Indies. Successfully captured Porto Bello in 1602 without firing a shot ...
Elizabethan Sea Dogs, English adventurers of the Elizabethan era; Sea Dog, a pseudonym used at one point in Wong Sun v. United States, 371 U.S. 471 (1963) Places
He was born near Plymouth and was a member of the lesser gentry but he became one of the owners of the Merchants house [1] & in 1601 became Lord Mayor of Plymouth before becoming a privateer (and so-called Elizabethan sea dogs) in the services of Queen Elizabeth I (the Great) (1533-1603, reigned 1558-1603).
[2] [3] [4] [note 1] French corsairs were (belatedly) followed into the Bay by Elizabethan Sea Dogs three decades later. The earliest of these is thought to have been either Sir Francis Drake in the Minion, or John Oxenham in the Beare, who during 23 February 1573 – 22 March 1573 cruised the Bay and watered at Guanaxa.
John Davis (1550–1605), Sea Dog, explorer and navigator; Charles Montagu Doughty (1843–1926), explorer in the Middle East; Sir Francis Drake (c. 1540 – 1596) Sir Ranulph Fiennes (born 1944), listed as the "greatest living explorer" by the Guinness Book of Records; Martin Frobisher (1535–1594), navigator, one of the Elizabethan Sea Dogs
3 Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment. 1 comment. 4 Requested move 26 April 2023. 6 comments. Toggle the table of contents. Talk: Elizabethan Sea ...
On Stranger Tides is a 1987 historical fantasy supernatural novel by American writer Tim Powers.It was nominated for the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel, [1] and placed second in the annual Locus poll for best fantasy novel.