... learned about the Atlantic through trips with his cousin, John Hawkins, (Bradford 10). Not much, if anything, is known about the man who taught Drake about the trades of the sea. What is known is this: Drake's first ship was probably inherited (31). In first mayor voyages, he was young, only 20. Those trips took place from 1566-1569 with Hawkins ... , they were two slave-trading voyages. These trips created protest from Spain because they wanted England away from Caribbean waters and protests from Portugal because of the slave trade market. That's where his hatred from Spain was sown. In...

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