drake's circumnavigation

Question 1

list places that english merchants explored.

Answer 1

hambrug, russia, china, india, persia and turkey
+ New world!

Question 2

what were problems that english merchants faced in developping trade

Answer 2

• spain contolled the netherlands and englands main route into european markets. antwerp was particularly important to english trade in the N
• spain controlled much of the new world where there werre valuable, new trading opportunities. ( anyone who wanted to trade there needed a licence from spain, whihc were hard to come by)
• as a rsult, many english merchants ignored spains rules and traded illegally w out licences, some even attacking spanish ports and shipping.

Question 3

what parts of the Americas did spain claim as its own

Answer 3

florida, caribbean, mexico, panama, chile and peru

Question 4

what were some valuable raw materials in the americas

Answer 4

tobacco, sugar cane and huge supplies of silver

Question 5

who was drake

Answer 5

an english merchant who made his name and fortune trading.

he also made huge sums of mney for people who invested in his voyaged, including E.

Question 6

what was significant about his circumnavigation

Answer 6

hes was 1st english man and 2nd person in history.

he set off w 5 ships and only had one left - the Golden Hind - by the time he reached the Pacific Ocean.

Question 7

what was the outcome of drake’s voyage?

Answer 7

• once in the pacific, drake successfully plundered spanish prots and ships along the coastline of Chile and Peru.
• he also claimed a region of north Califronia in E’s name, calling it New Albiun,
• it is estimated that when drake returned to england in 1580, he brought 400,000 pounds of spanish treasure with him
  this brought a great sum to the english crown

-elizabethn was so impressed by his achievements tha she knighted Drake on the deck of the Golden Hind in 1581
- outraged phillip as he saw drake as a pirate

Question 8

what wss the significance of drake’s actions

Answer 8

• his claims to land in north California ( NewAlbion ) made it clear that england did not accept spains domination of the americas
• only one other sailor had successfully circumnavigated the globe, so drakes success gave england a national hero and said something about endlands strength as a seafaring nation.
• drake boosted the crowns finances at a time of growing concern over spains threat to england
• elizabeths public knighting of drake also sent a strong message of defiance to spain