The Sea Dogs... Puppets In A Political War

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from Spanish hands to English.

These three sea dogs were not just part time pirates though.
Pirating was their main job. William Wood stated that, “...(Spaniards)
they were only naval amateurs, compared with the trained professional sea
dogs.” Drake alone was responsible for over 150 attempted or successful
attacks on Spanish treasure ships (Howarth 105). Drake also accomplished
something that only a select few (George Bush) are able to do: he was
knighted. One reason many believe he was knighted though was not because
of heroics, but because, “...a fair share of the immense booty he brought
back to England passed quietly into royal hands” (Cochran 29). Hawkins and
Raleigh also accomplished many great achievements. Raleigh was knighted as
well, but even this and many other great feats, are still over shadowed by
Drake's clever and bold pirating. But, if you look at the big picture,
these sea dogs were just puppets in a political war between England ...

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deceptive part of robbing a
Spanish port was first getting in it though; so, the English would resort
to trickery. One time Hawkins needed to have some repairs done on his boat,
but he was in Spanish waters, so he sailed into a Spanish port under
Spanish flag and color. And as he was docking he rose up his native English
colors, and conquered the city - as well as fixed his boat. But the sea
dogs were not only involved in stealing gold and riches. They were
involved in the highly successful slave trade.

John Hawkins is best known for his involvement in the slave trade.
The weird thing about this though, was that most of the slaves were being
taken from west Africa and the Canarie ...

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