Unit 1

Renaissance: The Origins of a Western Worldview

Lesson 1

Skill Lesson: Exploring Points of View

During the Age of Exploration, competition developed among European nations over the "New World" and its riches.

Privateers (owners and operators of ships that were financed by a government to attack and capture enemy vessels, and steal their cargo - government pirates, if you like) became common on the seas.

Learning about one such privateer allows you to do some critical thinking about point of view.

Lesson 1 is about the ship's captain you see in Figure 6.1.

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Francis Drake was a ship's captain who became very famous because of his explorations.

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Click the link to watch the video, Sir Francis Drake Documentary, made by a student about about Francis Drake.