Global Exploration: Drake and Raleigh
The beginnings of English seafaring power and the first attempts at American colonisation.
Key Questions
- 1Was Francis Drake a heroic explorer or a state-sponsored pirate?
- 2Why did the Roanoke colony fail?
- 3How did exploration change English understanding of the wider world?
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