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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
Sir Walter Raleigh [a] (/ ˈ r ɔː l i, ˈ r æ l i, ˈ r ɑː l i /; c. 1553 – 29 October 1618) was an English statesman, soldier, writer and explorer. One of the most notable figures of the Elizabethan era, he played a leading part in English colonisation of North America, suppressed rebellion in Ireland, helped defend England against the Spanish Armada and held political positions under ...
The Spanish Armada set sail for England in May 1588, and arrived on the English coast on 29 July, near Cornwall. An English fleet consisting of 55 ships set out from Plymouth to confront the Armada, under the command of Lord Howard of Effingham , with Sir Francis Drake serving as vice admiral, commanding from the galleon Revenge .
Drake: The Life and Legend of an Elizabethan Hero. New York: Thomas Dunne Books. ISBN 9780743468701. Crompton, Samuel Willard; Goetzmann, William H. (2009). Francis Drake and the Oceans of the World Explorers of New Lands Series. Infobase Publishing. ISBN 9781438102474. Dean, James Seay (2013). Tropics Bound: Elizabeth's Seadogs on the Spanish ...
The diet in England during the Elizabethan era depended largely on social class. Bread was a staple of the Elizabethan diet, and people of different statuses ate bread of different qualities. The upper classes ate fine white bread called manchet , while the poor ate coarse bread made of barley or rye .
He was released in 1602, and, returning to England, was knighted in 1603 [1] and elected Mayor of Plymouth the same year. [ 4 ] During the voyage, Hawkins made a series of observations about the efficacy of citrus fruits, specifically "sower oranges and lemmons," for successfully treating scurvy —a debilitating disease for early explorers and ...
Sir Ralph Lane (c. 1532 – October 1603) [1] [2] was an English explorer of the Elizabethan era. He helped colonise the Kingdom of Ireland in 1583 and was sheriff of County Kerry, Ireland, from 1583 to 1585. [3] He was part of the unsuccessful attempt in 1585 to colonise Roanoke Island, North Carolina. He was knighted by the Queen in 1593.
Philip Amadas (1550–1618) [1] was a naval commander and explorer in Elizabethan England. [2] Little is known from his early life, but he grew up within a wealthy merchant family in southwestern England. [3] Amadas was instrumental in the early years of the English colonisation of North America.