See also:

• HAWKINS, CAESAR HENRY (1798-1884)
• HAWKINS, or HAWKYNS, SIR JOHN (1532-1595)
• HAWKINS, or HAWKYNS, SIR RICHARD (c. 1562-1622)
• HAWKINS, SIR JOHN (1719-1789)

HAWKINS, or HAWKYNS, See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

RICHARD (c. 1562-1622)  , See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• SEAMAN, OWEN (1861– )

seaman, was the only son of See also:

• ADMIRAL

Admiral See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• HAWKINS, CAESAR HENRY (1798-1884)
• HAWKINS, or HAWKYNS, SIR JOHN (1532-1595)
• HAWKINS, or HAWKYNS, SIR RICHARD (c. 1562-1622)
• HAWKINS, SIR JOHN (1719-1789)

Hawkins (q.v.) by his first See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage . He was from his earliest days See also:

• FAMILIAR (through the Fr. familier, from Lat. familiaris, of or belonging to the familia, family)

familiar with See also:

• SHIPS

ships and the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea, and in 1582 he accompanied his See also:

• UNCLE

uncle, See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William Hawkins, to the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West Indies . In 1585 he was See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain of a galliot in See also:

• DRAKE, NATHAN (1766-1836)
• DRAKE, SIR FRANCIS (c. 1545-1595)

Drake's expedition to the See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main, in 1588 he commanded a See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

queen's See also:

• SHIP

ship against the See also:

• ARMADA, THE

Armada, and in 1J90 served with his See also:

• FATHER

father's expedition to the See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of See also:

• PORTUGAL

Portugal . In 1593 he See also:

• PURCHASED

purchased the " Dainty," a ship originally built for his father and used by him in his expeditions, and sailed for the Wiest Indies, the Spanish main and the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South Seas . It seems clear that his project was to See also:

• PREY (0. Fr. preie, mod. proie, Lat. praeda, booty, from prae and the root hed—seen in prehendere, prendere, to grasp)

prey on the oversea possessions of the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain . Hawkins, however, in an See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of the voyage written See also:

• THIRTY

thirty years afterwards, maintained, and by that See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time perhaps had really persuaded himself, that his expedition was undertaken purely for the purpose of See also:

• GEOGRAPHICAL

geographical See also:

• DISCOVERY

discovery . After visiting the coast of See also:

• BRAZIL
• BRAZIL, or BRASIL

Brazil, the " Dainty " passed through the Straits of See also:

• MAGELLAN, FERDINAND (in Sp. FERNANDO MAGALLANES, in Port. FERNAO DE MAGALHAES) (c. 1480-152I)

Magellan, and in due course reached See also:

• VALPARAISO

Valparaiso . Having plundered the See also:

• TOWN

town, Hawkins pushed See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north, and in See also:

• JUNE

June 1594, a See also:

• YEAR

year after leaving See also:

• PLYMOUTH
• PLYMOUTH, EARLS OF

Plymouth, arrived in the See also:

• BAY

bay of See also:

• SAN

San Mateo . Here the "Dainty" was attacked by two Spanish ships . Hawkins was hopelessly outmatched, but defended himself with See also:

• GREAT

great courage . At last, when he himself had been severely wounded, many of his men killed, and the " Dainty " was nearly sinking, he surrendered on the promise of a safe-conduct out of the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country for himself and his See also:

• CREW (sometimes explained as a sea term of Scandinavian origin, cf. O. Icel. kris, a swarm or crowd, but now regarded as a shortened form of accrue, accrewe, used in the 16th century in the sense of a reinforcement, O. Fr. acreue, from accrofire, to grow,
• CREW, NATHANIEL CREW, 3RD BARON (1633–1721)

crew . Through no See also:

• FAULT (Mid. Eng. faute, through the French, from the popular Latin use of fallere, to fail; the originallof the Latin being replaced in English in the 15th century)

fault of the Spanish See also:

• COMMANDER

commander this promise was not kept .

In 1597 Hawkins was sent to Spain, and imprisoned first at See also:

• SEVILLE
• SEVILLE (Span. Sevilla, Lat. Ispalis or Hispalis, Moorish Ishbiliya)

Seville and subsequently at See also:

• MADRID

Madrid . He was released in 16oz, and, returning to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, was knighted in 1603 . In 1604 he became member of See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament for Plymouth and See also:

• VICE

vice-admiral of See also:

• DEVON, EARLS OF

Devon, a See also:

• POST

post which, as the coast was swarming with pirates, was no See also:

• SINECURE (Lat. sine cura, without care)

sinecure . In 162o-16z1 he was vice-admiral, under Sir See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert Mansell, of the See also:

• FLEET

fleet sent into the Mediterranean to reduce the Algerian corsairs . He died in See also:

• LONDON

London on the 17th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1622 . See his Observations in his Voiage into the South Sea (1622), re-published by the See also:

• HAKLUYT, RICHARD (c. 1553—1616)

Hakluyt Society .