How Did The Great Explorations Of England Change The World?

In the long time when ships were the main way of travel, people were going all around the globe. During the Elizabethan Age, many interesting events occurred behind the great leadership of Elizabeth I’s fleets. Throughout the whole period of her rule there were new discoveries and inventions of great importance. The discoveries England made included many other distant lands such as Newfoundland. Exploration was prevalent during this time period and there were many brave explorers who went around the world for different reasons. The only thing they had in common was who they served and when they served. A few of these men made the world what it is today and changed the course of history forever. The men who most drastically changed
Raleigh was a little unique in his pursuit of the Northwest Passage because unlike the rest of the explorers, he also wanted to colonize in North America. After asking for a patent to go to the New World for years, Elizabeth finally agreed and let him sail out on the sea. He got reports from scouts he sent out that there was a land to settle on the east coast of North America. In 1584, he found the area of nowadays North Carolina, and called it Virginia for the “Virgin Queen.” The colony he wanted to make there would be called Roanoke. After he decided the name, he stayed in England and sent
The colony was getting extra supplies from Raleigh in England until the Spanish Armada interrupted his support ships. In 1590, when the supplies got there, the colony was completely wiped out already(Christopher). Christopher says “Although this lost colony was Ralegh’s last colonizing attempt in North America, his efforts paved the way for the establishment there of an English-speaking empire in the early seventeenth century.” After this attempt at a colony, Raleigh had his mind on different things instead of simply exploration. Since the death of Sir Humphrey Gilbert, Raleigh got his charter to search South America for gold. His main objective though was to find the fabled city “El Dorado.” While searching for this imaginary place, he did find another very important land called Guiana, where present-day Venezuela is located(Christopher). His influence on other explorers grew tremendously after he died because he wrote all of the ventures he had down. Raleigh inspired many more men to follow in his footsteps which led to even more discovery. Finally, the stepbrother of Raleigh also played a huge impact on North America just like Walter. He was named Humphrey Gilbert and wanted to find the passage through North America to China. In 1566, he went to Elizabeth I to see if he could get a petition for a voyage to North