John Hawkins Biography

John Hawkins biography

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NAME: John Hawkins
OCCUPATION: Explorer, Military Leader
BIRTH DATE: 1532
DEATH DATE: 1595
PLACE OF BIRTH: Plymouth, England

PLACE OF DEATH: at sea off Puerto Rico

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Sir John Hawkins was an English naval administrator, one of the foremost seamen of 16th-century England and the chief architect of the Elizabethan navy.

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Sir John Hawkins was an British naval administrator and commander, shipbuilder and slave trader. As treasurer and controller of the Royal Navy, he designed faster ships that withstood the Spanish Armada in 1588. He later devised a unique strategy to blockade and intercept ships, which he utilized to capture Spanish treasure ships. He died the night before a raid on the Spanish in the West Indies.