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Hawkins, Sir John
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
An English navigator and admiral, born at Plymouth; was rear-admiral of the fleet sent against the Armada and contributed to its defeat; has the unenviable distinction of having been the first Englishman to traffic in slaves, which he carried off from Africa and imported into the West Indies (1530-1595).
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Hawkins, Sir John'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/h/hawkins-sir-john.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.