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     • Sir James Lancaster (born c. 1554, Basingstoke, Hampshire, Eng.—died June 6, 1618, London) was a merchant who commanded the first English vessel to reach the East Indies and who established the first English trading post in Southeast Asia.
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   Who was James Lancaster?

   • James Lancaster was born at Basingstoke and brought up among the Portuguese, as a gentleman, soldier, and merchant. He returned to England before February 1587 and in 1588 commanded the Edward Bonaventure, a merchant ship of 250 tons, serving in the fleet against the Armada.

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   What did Lancaster do to the Moluccas?

   • An alliance was established with Aceh, the first English East India Company factory established at Bantam and a commercial mission dispatched to the Moluccas. Lancaster also seized a large Portuguese galleon and looted it.

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   Was Lancaster a rich man?

   • They reached home safely, though not together; the booty made Lancaster a rich man. In 1598 he was made a commissioner for managing the earl of Cumberland's voyage, but seems not to have taken part in it. In 1601 he was receiving a pension of 50 pound per annum but it is not known why and he surrendered it in 1610.

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   What was the object of Lancaster's second voyage?

   • The object of Lancaster's second voyage was to plunder Pernambuco. He left with three ships in October 1594, took prizes, and was joined at the Cape Verde Islands by John Venner in return for a quarter of the booty. The town was easily taken, and they captured the contents of an East India carrack that had been unloaded for trans-shipment.

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   Sir James Lancaster (born c. 1554, Basingstoke, Hampshire, Eng.—died June 6, 1618, London) was a merchant who commanded the first English vessel to reach the East Indies and who established the first English trading post in Southeast Asia.

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   Sir James Lancaster (c. 1554 – 6 June 1618) was an English privateer and trader of the Elizabethan era . Life and work. Lancaster came from Basingstoke in Hampshire. Lancaster was brought up in Portugal as a merchant and soldier, but returned to England in 1587.

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   James Lancaster was born at Basingstoke and brought up among the Portuguese, as a gentleman, soldier, and merchant. He returned to England before February 1587 and in 1588 commanded the Edward Bonaventure, a merchant ship of 250 tons, serving in the fleet against the Armada.

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   Sir James Lancaster commanded the first East India Company voyage in 1601 aboard Red Dragon. The following year, whilst sailing in the Malacca Straits , Lancaster took the rich 1,200 ton Portuguese carrack Sao Thome carrying pepper and spices.

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   SIR JAMES LANCASTER (fl. 1591-1618), English navigator and statesman, one of the foremost pioneers of the British Indian trade and empire. In early life he fought and traded in Portugal. On the 10th of April 1591 he started from Plymouth, with Raymond and Foxcroft, on his first great voyage to the East Indies; this fleet of three ships is the ...

10. www.rmg.co.uk › collections › objectsSir James Lancaster, 1554/5-1618 | Royal Museums Greenwich

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    Sir James Lancaster, 1554/5-1618. Lancaster was brought up in Portugal as a merchant and soldier, but returned to England in 1587. He thereafter became a trusted employee of the London merchant Thomas Cordell, commanding his merchant ship ‘Edward Bonaventure’ in the fleet against the Armada in 1588.

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    • Display location: Display-Traders Gallery
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    Aug 29, 2010 · The preparation to this Voyage, and what befell them in the way till they departed from Saldania. T he merchants of London, in the yeare of our Lord 1600, ioyned together and made a stocke of seventie-two thousand pounds, to bee imployed in ships and merchantdizes, for the discovery of a trade in the East India, to bring into this realme spices and other commodities.