Sir James Lancaster (1554(?)–May 1618) was an English navigator, statesman, and pioneer of the British Indian trade and empire. Events January 5 - Great fire in Eindhoven, Netherlands. ... Events March 8 - Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion (he soon rejects the idea after some initial calculations were made but on May 15 confirms the discovery). ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2006 est. ... A navigator is the person onboard a ship responsible for the navigation of the vessel. ... Statesman is a respectful term used to refer to politicians, and other notable figures of state. ... British India (otherwise known as The British Raj) was a historical period during which most of the Indian subcontinent, or present-day India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Myanmar, were under the colonial authority of the British Empire (Undivided India). ...

In his early life, he fought and traded in Portugal. On the 10th of April 1591 he started from Plymouth, with Raymond and Foxcroft, on his first great voyage to the East Indies; this fleet of three ships is the earliest of English oversea Indian expeditions. Reaching Table Bay (August 1, 1591), and losing one ship off Cape Corrientes on the 12th of September, the squadron rested and refitted at Zanzibar (February 1592), rounded Cape Comorin the following May, and reached the Malay Peninsula in June. During this voyage, Lancaster's ships attacked for plunder every ship they encountered. Plymouth is a city of 243,795 inhabitants (2001 census) in the south-west of England, or alternatively the West Country, and is situated within the traditional county of Devon at the mouths of the rivers Plym and Tamar and at the head of one of the worlds largest... The Indies, on the display globe of the Field Museum, Chicago The Indies or East Indies (or East India) is a term used to describe lands of South and South-East Asia, occupying all of the former British India, the present Indian Union, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Maldives, and... Cape Town, False Bay (top) and Table Bay (right) from space, February 1995. ... August 1 is the 213th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (214th in leap years), with 152 days remaining. ... Events June - Capture of Zutphen by the Dutch under Maurice of Nassau. ... Lighthouse at Cape Corrientes Cabo Corrientes is also the name of a city in Cuba. ... Map of Zanzibars main island Zanzibar (IPA pronunciation: ) is the collective name for two islands in Tanzania: Unguja and Pemba. ... Kanyakumari is a town and a cape at the southernmost tip of the Indian peninsula. ... The Malay Peninsula (Malay: Semenanjung Tanah Melayu) is a major peninsula located in Southeast Asia. ...

After a later crossing to Ceylon, the crews insisted on returning home. The return voyage was disastrous with only twenty-five officers and men surviving to reach England in May 1594. Lancaster himself reached Rye on May 24, 1594; in the same year he led a military expedition against Pernambuco, without much success; but his Indian voyage, like Ralph Fitchs overland explorations and trading, was an important factor in the foundation of the East India Company. In 1600 he was given command of the company's first fleet (which sailed from Torbay towards the end of April 1601); his vessel was the Red Dragon. He was also accredited as Queen Elizabeth's special envoy to various Eastern potentates. Going by the Cape of Good Hope (1st of November 1601) Lancaster visited the Nicobars (from the 9th of April 1602), Aceh and other parts of Sumatra (from the 5th of June 1602), and Bantam in Java. An alliance was established with Aceh, the first British East India Company factory established at Bantam and a commercial mission despatched to the Moluccas. The return voyage from February 20 to September 11, 1603 was speedy and prosperous, and Lancaster (whose success both in trade and diplomacy had been brilliant) was rewarded with a knighthood in October 1603. Location within the British Isles Rye is a small town in East Sussex, England, on the edge of the Romney Marsh. ... May 24 is the 144th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (145th in leap years). ... Events February 27 - Henry IV is crowned King of France at Rheims. ... Flag of Pernambuco See other Brazilian States Capital Recife Largest City Recife Area 98,281 km² Population   - Total   - Density 7,918,344 80. ... The British East India Company, sometimes referred to as John Company, was one of the first joint-stock companies. ... Elizabeth I (7 September 1533 – 24 March 1603) was Queen of England, Queen of France (in name only), and Queen of Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. ... The Cape of Good Hope; looking towards the west, from the coastal cliffs above Cape Point. ... Map of Nicobar Islands The Nicobar Islands are an island chain in the eastern Indian Ocean, and are part of India. ... Aceh (IPA pronunciation: , pronounced approximately Ah-Cèh, but with [e], not [ei] at the end) is a special territory (daerah istimewa) of Indonesia, located on the northern tip of the island of Sumatra. ... Sumatra (also spelled Sumatera) is the sixth largest island in the world (approximately 470,000 km²) and is the largest island entirely in Indonesia (two larger islands, Borneo and New Guinea, are partially in Indonesia). ... The city of Bantam near the western end of Java was a strategically important site and formerly a major trading city, with a secure harbor on the Malacca Strait through which all ocean-going traffic passed, at the mouth of a river (Cibantam River) that provided a navigable passage for... Java (Indonesian, Javanese, and Sundanese: Jawa) is an island of Indonesia, and the site of its capital city, Jakarta. ... This page is about the geography and history of the island group in Indonesia — for the political entities encompassing the islands, see Maluku (Indonesian province) and North Maluku. ... February 20 is the 51st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... September 11 is the 254th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (255th in leap years). ... King James I of England/VII of Scotland, the first monarch to rule the Kingdoms of England and Scotland at the same time Events March - Samuel de Champlain, French explorer, sails to Canada March 24 - Elizabeth I of England dies and is succeeded by her cousin King James I of... A statue of an armoured knight of the Middle Ages For the chess piece, see knight (chess). ...

Lancaster continued to be one of the chief directors of the East India Company until his death in May 1618. Most of the voyages of the early Stuart time both to India and in search of the Northwest Passage were undertaken under his sponsorship and direction. In July 1616, Lancaster Sound, north-west of Baffin Bay (74° 20' N.), was named by William Baffin after Sir James. Popular Northwest Passage routes through the Canadian Arctic Archipelago This article describes the route through the Canadian Arctic. ... The Lancaster Sound is a body of water lying between Devon Island and Baffin Island in Nunavut, Canada. ... Map of Baffin Island and surrounding areas, including Baffin Bay. ... William Baffin (1584 – January 23, 1622) was an English navigator and discoverer. ...

External links

• Sir James Lancaster at Encyclopædia Britannica.com
• Ye Olde Booke O' Seadogs: Sir James Lancaster
• Sir James Lancaster at MaxLove.co.uk
• Sir James Lancaster, a portrait from the National Maritime Museum, London

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