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.

Jul 2, 2020 · In October 1562 CE John Hawkins led an expedition of three ships (Saloman, Jonas, and Swallow) to Guinea in West Africa where he acquired around 500 slaves for transportation to the Americas.

Sir John Hawkins (born 1532, Plymouth, Devon, Eng.—died Nov. 12, 1595, at sea off Puerto Rico) was an English naval administrator and commander, one of the foremost seamen of 16th-century England and the chief architect of the Elizabethan navy.

Jul 9, 2023 · Hawkins became a prominent figure in the early stages of English participation in the slave trade during the 16th century. In 1562, upon learning about the Atlantic slave trade in the Canary Islands, Hawkins embarked on his first significant voyage to …

Admiral Sir John Hawkins (also spelled as Hawkyns) (1532 – 12 November 1595) was an English naval commander and administrator, merchant, navigator, shipbuilder, privateer and slave trader.

Sir John Hawkins ventured out on his voyages in 1562, three of them spanning from 1562 to 63, then 1564 to 65 and 1567 to 69 during Elizabethan era. The first voyage to the Caribbean proved to be a profit for his investors in London as he bought and sold off slaves at a profit.

John Hawkins (b. 1532; d. 12 November 1595), an Englishman active in the West Indies from 1562 to 1600 who was primarily interested in trading.

Sailing in October 1562, in at least 3 small ships totalling 260 tons and with 100 men from Plymouth, Hawkins picked up an experienced Caribbean pilot at Tenerife, and by the end of the year reached the Guinea coast, which he followed as far south as Sierra Leone.

Career As a youth, Hawkins made a number of voyages to the Spanish-held Canary Islands, where he first learned of the profits to be made from selling African slaves in Spain's American colonies. Gonson and his friends helped supply Hawkins with three ships for his first slaving voyage, in 1562.

1564: John Hawkins second voyage to the West Indies and Guinea. Queen Elizabeth takes a share of loans him one of her ships. 1568 Hawkins fights Spanish at Battle of Vera Cruz and then in Mexico. He looses 2 ships which precipitates an undeclared state of war.