Biography of sir john hawkins

Sir John Hawkins ( - ) was a famous English shipbuilder, military commander, merchant and a slave trader that left his mark on naval history during the second part of 16th century.

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During his life he proved himself to be very accomplished military tactician by organizing defense of England against overwhelming forces of Spanish Armada in , and by starting an era of organized English slave transport from the shores of Africa to s spent majority of his career working with other famous explorers of his time - Sir Francis Drake, Sir Walter Raleigh, Sir Richard Grenville and his son Sir Richard Hawkins.

John Hawkins was born in England as fourth son of William Hawkins and Joan Trelawney, and second cousin of Sir Francis Drake. As his family consisted from the line of extremely wealthy merchants, John continued that tradition and begun his merchant career. In he formed syndicate of merchants with a goal to transport slaves from Af John Hawkins | Admiral, Privateer, Slave Trader | Royal ..., carousel ZOKO