Elizabeth's adventurers
...a booke for the BRYTISH HONOR and WEALTH… [containing] …the lawfull and very honorable entitling of our most gratious and soueraigne Lady, Quene Elizabeth, (and so this Brytish Sceptre Royall) to very large forrein dominions.
From General & Rare Memorials pertayning to the Perfect Arte of Navigation (1577) by John Dee (1527–1608/9)
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When Elizabeth ascended the throne, England was one of the smaller European nations on the...
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When Elizabeth took over, woollen cloth made up 90% of English exports, with the Netherlands, then...
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In 1580 Francis Drake became the second man in history and the first Englishman to sail around the...
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Elizabeth did not involve the state in sponsoring high-risk ventures: she only issued royal...