Foundation of Empire in the Tudor Era: Further Explorations of the Northeast and Northwest Passages

• Main Author: Lloyd, Richard H, III
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University 2023
• Subjects: cultural; linguistics; Northeast Passage; Northwest Passage; Inuit; Sami; Cultural History; Diplomatic History; European History; History of Science; Technology; and Medicine; Medieval Studies; Social History; Cabot; inuit; Northwest passage; sami
• Online Access: https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/4177; https://dc.etsu.edu/context/etd/article/5702/viewcontent/LloydR033123f.pdf

The British Empire is often traced back to the late sixteenth century and Sir Francis Drake's circumnavigation, but Tudor monarchs had been eyeing expansion beyond Britain long before Drake. John Cabot, commissioned by Henry VII in the late fifteenth century, became the first European to step f...