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Admiral Sir John Hawkins (also spelled Hawkyns) (1532 – 12 November 1595) was an English naval commander, naval administrator, privateer and slave trader. Hawkins pioneered, and was an early promoter of, English involvement in the Atlantic slave trade.
Sir John Hawkins was an English naval administrator and commander, one of the foremost seamen of 16th-century England and the chief architect of the Elizabethan navy. A kinsman of Sir Francis Drake, Hawkins began his career as a merchant in the African trade and soon became the first English slave.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Sir John Hawkins (1532–1595) was one of the most notable sailors and naval commanders of the sixteenth century. He is known for his pivotal role in the maritime history of England and the rise of the global slave trade.
He was a navigator and slave trader who was Sir Francis Drake’s cousin. Notable expeditions He made three voyages during the 1560s, capturing Africans and selling them into slavery in...
Jul 2, 2020 · Sir John Hawkins (1532-1595 CE) was an Elizabethan mariner, merchant and naval administrator who has the inglorious (if not wholly accurate) record of being England's first slave trader.
- Mark Cartwright
Hawkins, Sir John (1532–1595), merchant and naval commander, was born in Plymouth, the second son of William Hawkins (b. before 1490, d. 1554/5), merchant, sea captain, and shipowner, and his wife, Joan, only child of Roger Trelawny of Brightor, Cornwall.
Mar 17, 2015 · Sir John Hawkins was a leading mariner and naval administrator in the era of Elizabeth I. Hawkins should be credited with creating the navy that was to defeat the Spanish Armada in 1588 and that took on the Spanish naval might in the West Indies and Southern America.
