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Admiral Sir John Hawkins (also spelled Hawkyns) (1532 – 12 November 1595) was an English naval commander, naval administrator, privateer and slave trader. Hawkins pioneered, and was an early promoter of, English involvement in the Atlantic slave trade. He is considered to be the first English merchant to profit from the Triangle Trade ...
Sir John Hawkins was an English naval administrator and commander, one of the foremost seamen of 16th-century England and the chief architect of the Elizabethan navy. A kinsman of Sir Francis Drake, Hawkins began his career as a merchant in the African trade and soon became the first English slave.
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Jul 2, 2020 · Sir John Hawkins (1532-1595 CE) was an Elizabethan mariner, merchant and naval administrator who has the inglorious (if not wholly accurate) record of being England's first slave trader.
- Mark Cartwright
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Learn about John Hawkins, a prominent English sailor and naval commander who played a key role in the transatlantic slave trade and the fight against the Spanish Armada. Explore his early life, voyages, achievements, death and legacy at the National Maritime Museum.
Definition. Sir John Hawkins (1532-1595 CE) was an Elizabethan mariner, merchant and naval administrator who has the inglorious (if not wholly accurate) record of being England's first slave trader. In the 1560s CE Hawkins trafficked slaves from West Africa on three voyages, taking them across the Atlantic for sale to Spanish colonial ...
- Mark Cartwright
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Learn about the life and achievements of Sir John Hawkins (1532–1595), who pioneered the English slave trade and fought against the Spanish in the Caribbean. Find out his family background, his early voyages, his political and naval career, and his legacy.
Learn about John Hawkins, the first English merchant to participate in the African slave trade and one of the leading seafarers of the 1500s. Find out how he challenged Spanish and Portuguese control of the Atlantic Ocean and lands in the Western Hemisphere.
