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Sir John Hawkins (1532 - 1595) was one of the most notable sailors and naval commanders of the sixteenth century. He is known for his pivotal role in the maritime history of England and the rise of the global slave trade.
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 ...
John Hawkins. BORN: 1532 • Plymouth, England. DIED: November 12, 1595 • West Indies. English admiral; merchant; slave trader. The first English merchant to participate in the African slave trade, John Hawkins is considered one of the leading seafarers of the 1500s.
Hawkins, Sir John ( 1532–1595 ), merchant and naval commander, was born in Plymouth, the second son of William Hawkins (b. before 1490, d. 1554/5), merchant, sea captain, and shipowner, and his wife, Joan, only child of Roger Trelawny of Brightor, Cornwall.
May 29, 2018 · Hawkins, Sir John (1532–95) English naval commander. With the support of Queen Elizabeth I, he led two lucrative expeditions to Africa and the West Indies (1562–63, 1564–65), but on his third expedition (1567–69) the Spanish destroyed most of his ships.
John Hawkins traded slaves for commodities such as fish, which were then brought back to England to be sold. Hawkins followed a trade route from Britain to West Africa and the Caribbean,...
John Hawkins's Troublesome Voyages: Merchants, Bureaucrats, and the Origin of the Slave Trade* Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 January 2014 Ronald Pollitt
