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Admiral Sir Richard Hawkins was an English seaman, explorer and privateer. He was the son of Admiral Sir John Hawkins.
Portrait by an unknown artist in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich
Admiral Sir John Hawkins 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 tra
Richard Hawkins
…Admiral Sir Richard Hawkins (or Hawkyns) (c. 1562 – 17 April 1622) was an English seaman, explorer and privateer. He was the son of Admiral Sir John Hawkins. He was from his earlier days familiar with ships and the sea, and in 1582 he accompanied his uncle, William Hawkins, to the West Indies. In 1585 he…
Portrait of John Hawkins at the National Maritime Museum, London
The coat of arms granted to John Hawkins by William Harvey, Clarenceux King of Arms, in 1565, showing an enslaved man.
Hawkins chartered Queen Elizabeth I's Jesus of Lübeck.
The Spanish Armada in 1588