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She rightly points out that the exclusive nature of the Spanish Empire and its prohibition of trading as it sought to maintain a powerful monopoly over the trade from the Spanish Main inspired the English to challenge Spanish hegemony. This was first attempted by John Hawkins who tried to muscle in on the slave monopoly from West Africa to the New World.
After having some initial success, the Spanish finally managed to catch him unprepared and he and his cousin, a young Francis Drake , barely got away with their lives. Sailors like these would seek revenge by regarding any Spanish ships or ports as fair game as they sought restitution from their Catholic rivals. Susan Ronald nicely recounts how Drake inspired a generation of gentlemen adventurers to piracy as he ransacked ships, ports and the all important 'flota' or 'treasure fleets'.
She regards this raiding as being the dominating factor during the long reign of Elizabeth.
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She also points out how it suited Elizabeth to be able to benefit from the successes of her gentlemen adventurers whilst being able to deny that they were working on her behalf. This privatised piracy suited the state and suited her gentlemen adventurers - hence the title of the book as the Pirate Queen. This event, combined with Spain's seizure of Portugal in and ongoing war in the Spanish Netherlands put England and Spain on a collision course that would lead not to just one Armada - but three Armadas in the following decade and a half.