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The Sea Dogs were a group of English privateers and explorers authorised by Queen Elizabeth I to raid England's enemies, whether they were formally at war with them or not. Active from 1560 until Elizabeth's death in 1603, the Sea Dogs primarily attacked Spanish targets both on land and at sea, particularly during the Anglo-Spanish War .
Elizabethan Sea Dogs, English adventurers of the Elizabethan era; Sea Dog, a pseudonym used at one point in Wong Sun v. United States, 371 U.S. 471 (1963) Places
He was born near Plymouth and was a member of the lesser gentry but he became one of the owners of the Merchants house [1] & in 1601 became Lord Mayor of Plymouth before becoming a privateer (and so-called Elizabethan sea dogs) in the services of Queen Elizabeth I (the Great) (1533-1603, reigned 1558-1603).
Elizabethan Sea Dog as part of expedition of Walter Raleigh in 1595 sacked Caracas and Coro with George Somers. Sir Walter Raleigh: fl. 1554–1618 1595–1617 England Elizabethan corsair who commanded two expeditions to search for England the fabled "El Dorado" in the Spanish colony of Guayana (modern-day Venezuela). Assan Reis: fl. 1626 1620s ...
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[2] [3] [4] [note 1] French corsairs were (belatedly) followed into the Bay by Elizabethan Sea Dogs three decades later. The earliest of these is thought to have been either Sir Francis Drake in the Minion, or John Oxenham in the Beare, who during 23 February 1573 – 22 March 1573 cruised the Bay and watered at Guanaxa.
In the 16th century, Queen Elizabeth I (a.k.a. Elizabeth the Great, 1533-1603, reigned 1558-1603), commissioned several privateers to carry out long-range attacks against the Spanish Empire's global interests, exemplified by the attacks by Sir Francis Drake (c.1540-1596), William Parker, and other Elizabethan sea dogs on Spanish merchant ...
The Sea Dog Table is one of the treasures of Hardwick Hall, along with the Eglantine Table. [1] It is an elaborately carved table from around 1570 or 1575, made in Paris, following a design by Jacques Androuet du Cerceau. [2] It is regarded as one of the most important examples of 16th-century furniture in Britain. [3]