Elizabethan Privateering Voyages: Drake, Hawkins, and Cavendish (1570–1605)

1. Hawkins launches first English slaving voyage

   Jan 1, 1562Labels: John Hawkins

   • Britannica
   • EHR

2. Hawkins’s second slaving expedition gains royal backing

   Jan 1, 1564Labels: John Hawkins, Elizabeth I

   • Britannica
   • EHR

3. Spanish defeat Hawkins and Drake at San Juan de Ulúa

   Sep 24, 1568Labels: San Juan, Francis Drake

   • Britannica
   • San Juan

4. Drake raids Nombre de Dios and Panama routes

   May 24, 1572Labels: Francis Drake, Nombre de

   • LOC

5. Drake begins state-authorized raiding circumnavigation

   Dec 13, 1577Labels: Francis Drake

   • History
   • Drake

6. Drake returns, completing a profitable circumnavigation

   Sep 26, 1580Labels: Francis Drake, Plymouth

   • History
   • Drake

7. Anglo-Spanish War begins and privateering becomes wartime policy

   Jan 1, 1585Labels: Anglo-Spanish War

   • War

8. Drake captures Santo Domingo in the Caribbean campaign

   Jan 1, 1586Labels: Francis Drake, Santo Domingo

   • Santo

9. Cavendish departs to replicate Drake’s global privateering model

   Jul 21, 1586Labels: Thomas Cavendish

   • Cavendish
   • WHE

10. Cavendish captures the Manila galleon Santa Ana

    Nov 4, 1587Labels: Thomas Cavendish, Santa Ana

    • Cavendish
    • WHE

11. Cavendish completes circumnavigation and returns to England

    Sep 9, 1588Labels: Thomas Cavendish

    • Cavendish
    • WHE

12. Drake and Hawkins join the failed 1595 Caribbean expedition

    Nov 8, 1595Labels: Francis Drake, John Hawkins

    • Guadalupe
    • Britannica

13. Death of John Hawkins during the expedition

    Nov 12, 1595Labels: John Hawkins

    • Britannica

14. Treaty of London ends the Anglo-Spanish War

    Aug 28, 1604Labels: Treaty of

    • Treaty
    • OUP