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Sea Voyages and Discoveries
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Martin Frobisher
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Find
out about Frobisher's Inuit Voyage
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Throughout the C16th and C17th development continued in
the area, particularly along the river, where many people were
involved with ship building, repairs and fitting.
The area between London Bridge and the Tower of London,
was so busy with ships that it was possible to cross from
one side of the river to the other, by walkng over the boats
moored there. This area came to be called "The Pool
of london".
To stop the river being so busy, Elizabeth I designated
twenty quays on the north bank as legal quays through which
cargo was to be discharged (unloaded) and cleared by customs.
These too became too busy
Famous voyages that left from the East End of London include
that of Frobisher in 1576 when he set sail from Ratcliff
to look for a northwest passage to China (he failed!), and
in 1606 when three ships left Blackwall to found the new
colony of Virginia in America.
1606 was also the year that the Gunpowder Plot conspirators
were executed!
Find
out more about the Gunpowder Plot conspirators
Play
a Webquest/Lesson: Was Guy Fawkes Tortured?
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Frobisher lived in London at the same time as
Sir
Walter Ralegh
Sir
Francis Drake and
Queen Elizabeth I
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Click
here to view a recreation of an Elizabethan period room
at the Geffrye Museum in East London.
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The Whitechapel
Bell Foundry was founded in 1570. "Big Ben" and
the American "Liberty Bell" were both cast there. |
| In 1601 the first voyage of the East India Company set sail,
and its success eventually led to the start of the building of
the East India Docks in Blackwall. Brunswick Dock was opened
in 1789, and the West India Docks opened in 1802. |
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From 1685 many Protestants, known as Huguenots fled France
and settled in the East End around Spitalfields (following
the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes in France – this
meant that non-Catholics would be punished).
Click
here to find out more
There were many silk weavers amongst them, and the area became
known for its silk weaving. This continued until 1860, when
changes in trade laws meant that imported silk (from France)
was much cheaper, and so the trade declined.
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A typical Huguenot doorway.
Fournier Street,
off Brick Lane was named after George Fournier, of Huguenot extraction,
who in 1834 left money for the benefit of the poor of Spitalfields. |
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Judge Jeffries was captured
in Wapping
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In 1688 James II was deposed in bloodless revolution, known
as The Glorious Revolution.
The king’s Lord Chancellor, Judge Jeffries, was captured
at either The Town of Ramsgate or The Red Cow trying to leave
the country. He had been responsible for sending many of
James’ opponents to the gallows, and knew he would
be punished by the new king. He tried to leave the country,
disguised as a sailor, but the ship tied up at Wapping. He
went to a tavern, and was recognised by another drinker.
The Lord Mayor was called and Jeffries was arrested. He died
whilst imprisoned in the Tower.
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Jews'
Free School, Bell Lane, Stepney, opened as a Talmud Torah
at the Great Synagogue in 1732.
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In 1811 several murders in two houses took place and became
known as the Ratcliffe
Highway murders. The bodies of the victims were buried at
St George's in the East. |
| London
as an 18th Century Port |
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