ENGLSH EXPLORERS

SIR FRANCIS DRAKE

• Born on 1540
• Died on January 27, 1596
• First English person to circumnavigate the world

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HENRY HUDSON

• Born 1565
• Died 1611 at Hudson Bay
• His crew put him out on the ice and left him to die
• Found the Hudson River
• Hudson Bay and Hudson strait are named after him

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SIR WALTER RALEIGH

• Born 1552
• Died on October 29, 1618
• Discovered Guiana
• Also he established the Virginia colony of Roanoke

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JOHN CABOT

• Born on 1450
• Died on 1499
• Founded North America after Columbus
• Explored the coastline of Canada and colonized it

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SIR JOHN HAWKINS

• Born on 1532
• Died on November 12, 1595
• Sailed to West Africa
• He also voyaged to South America
• Designed faster ships

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