Ontario Public School History of England : Authorized by the Minister of Education for Ontario for Use in Forms IV and V of the Public Schools . n two stand out conspicuously,John Hawkins and Francis Drake. Hawkins was a youngsailor of Devon, who had traded with the Spaniards in theCanary Islands. In 1562 he made a voyage to the coastof Africa, and when there the idea came to him to buy ashipload of prisoners from the native chiefs and to sell themin the West Indies as labourers. He made several voyagesin connection with this trade, exchanging the slaves for sugar, ginger, pearls,and hides, wh
Ontario Public School History of England : Authorized by the Minister of Education for Ontario for Use in Forms IV and V of the Public Schools . n two stand out conspicuously,John Hawkins and Francis Drake. Hawkins was a youngsailor of Devon, who had traded with the Spaniards in theCanary Islands. In 1562 he made a voyage to the coastof Africa, and when there the idea came to him to buy ashipload of prisoners from the native chiefs and to sell themin the West Indies as labourers. He made several voyagesin connection with this trade, exchanging the slaves for sugar, ginger, pearls,and hides, which founda ready sale in queen herself in-vested in his secondvoyage and shared theprofits. Hawkins wasknighted by Elizabeth,and became captain ofthe port of Plymouth. Francis Drake wasalso a man of 1577, with five ships,he set sail for SouthAmerica. He coastedsouthwards and passedthrough the Straits ofMageUan. Off Chile hetook a Spanish treasureship, and further north he overhauled the great treasure gal-leon which was sent annually to Spain. Sailing still north-wards, Drake landed on the California coast, then struck. Sir Francis Drake 1569-80] THE TUDOR SOVEREIGNS 141 westwards across the Pacific, returning to England in1580 by way of the Cape of Good Hope. He was thusthe first Englishman to make the circuit of the honour was too great for the successful was knighted, and Elizabeth herself attended a banquetin her honour on board his ship. Philip, of course, wasfurious and demanded the return of his treasure. But thequeen, after allowing Drake and his crew a liberal share, andaccepting a portion for herself, stored the remainder in thethe Tower until she and Philip should have a settlement, however, was never made. 141. The execution of Mary, Queen of Scots.—From thetime that Mary had fled to England, she had been a con-tinual source of trouble. The Duke of Norfolk, the head ofthe Roman Catholic nobility of England,
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