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GCSE History · key term
A person who undertook risky overseas ventures seeking opportunities such as wealth, trade, territory or fame.
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Paper 1
Revise: Imperial ambitionElizabethan adventurers were not simply travellers exploring out of curiosity. Their overseas ventures combined trade, attacks on rivals and attempts to claim land. Imperial ambition meant seeking to extend England’s power beyond its shores.
Support each motive with a named adventurer and a specific action: for example, Drake’s raids show the connection between profit and rivalry with Spain.
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