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The Discourse of Western Planting
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Richard Hakluyt's 'The Discourse of Western Planting' set out practical and moral arguments for English colonization of North America, emphasizing its fertile lands and strategic value.
Addressed to Elizabeth I and her council, it argued settlement would bring economic resources, religious freedom for Protestants, and opportunities to counter Spanish power.
Hakluyt blended commercial, religious, and geopolitical motives to persuade patrons and investors to support voyages and plantations.
The work influenced Elizabethan policy and inspired later ventures by figures like Walter Raleigh and Francis Drake.
It became a foundational text in the promotion of English overseas expansion.
Addressed to Elizabeth I and her council, it argued settlement would bring economic resources, religious freedom for Protestants, and opportunities to counter Spanish power.
Hakluyt blended commercial, religious, and geopolitical motives to persuade patrons and investors to support voyages and plantations.
The work influenced Elizabethan policy and inspired later ventures by figures like Walter Raleigh and Francis Drake.
It became a foundational text in the promotion of English overseas expansion.
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