Queen Elizabeth I

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(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_I_of_England)

[corsair91]

Queen Elizabeth's Pirates
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOeJ6vkkt8k


Rebecca Pattison the History Buff
runtime 1:15:44


The Elizabethan founders of the British Empire have long been considered heroes of great personal genius and skill who civilised the natives and founded one of the greatest empires in the history of the world. In fact they were a bunch of murdering, thieving pirates whose sole ambition was to line their own pockets.


Rebecca Pattison the History Buff
https://www.youtube.com/@rebeccapattisonthehistorybuff

[corsair91]

Queen Elizabeth I: A brief history
https://www.thehistorypress.co.uk/articles/queen-elizabeth-i-a-brief-history/


Queen Elizabeth I’s Sea Dogs
https://www.thehistorypress.co.uk/articles/queen-elizabeth-i-s-sea-dogs/

During the Elizabethan period the term ‘Sea Dogs’ was allotted to various buccaneers and adventurers enlisted by Queen Elizabeth I as privateers, or sea-raiders.

Sir John Hawkins
Sir Martin Frobisher
Sir Francis Drake
Sir Walter Raleigh