Robert Baker (explorer)
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Robert Baker was an English voyager
to Guinea
.
Baker started on his first voyage "to seeke for golde" in October 1562. The expedition consisted of two ships, the Minion and the Primrose, and was "set out by Sir William Garrard
, Sir William Chester, Mr. Thomas Lodge, Anthony Hickman, and Edward Oastelin". Baker's efforts to traffic with the natives on the Guinea coast were not very successful, and he was wounded in a fight. But he returned home in safety early in 1563. In November of the same year he made a second voyage to "Guinie and the river of Sesto" as factor in an expedition of two ships, the John Baptist and the Martin, sent out by London
merchant
s. On arriving at Guinea, Baker landed with eight companions to negotiate with the natives, but a storm drove the ships from their moorings, and Baker and his companions were abandoned. After suffering much privation six of the nine men died. The three survivors were rescued by a French ship, and imprisoned in France
as prisoners of war; but they appear to have been subsequently released.
Baker wrote accounts in verse of both voyages, which were printed by Richard Hakluyt
in his Voyages, in 1589.
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to Guinea
Guinea
Guinea , officially the Republic of Guinea , is a country in West Africa. Formerly known as French Guinea , it is today sometimes called Guinea-Conakry to distinguish it from its neighbour Guinea-Bissau. Guinea is divided into eight administrative regions and subdivided into thirty-three prefectures...
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Baker started on his first voyage "to seeke for golde" in October 1562. The expedition consisted of two ships, the Minion and the Primrose, and was "set out by Sir William Garrard
William Garrard
Sir William Garrard was a merchant of London and a royal financier.-Early life:Garrard was born in 1518, the son of John Garrard, a grocer and descendant of Sir Simon Attegare; Attegare being origin of the surname Garrard. He grew up in the parish of St. Magnus the Martyr near London Bridge...
, Sir William Chester, Mr. Thomas Lodge, Anthony Hickman, and Edward Oastelin". Baker's efforts to traffic with the natives on the Guinea coast were not very successful, and he was wounded in a fight. But he returned home in safety early in 1563. In November of the same year he made a second voyage to "Guinie and the river of Sesto" as factor in an expedition of two ships, the John Baptist and the Martin, sent out by London
London
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merchant
Merchant
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s. On arriving at Guinea, Baker landed with eight companions to negotiate with the natives, but a storm drove the ships from their moorings, and Baker and his companions were abandoned. After suffering much privation six of the nine men died. The three survivors were rescued by a French ship, and imprisoned in France
France
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as prisoners of war; but they appear to have been subsequently released.
Baker wrote accounts in verse of both voyages, which were printed by Richard Hakluyt
Richard Hakluyt
Richard Hakluyt was an English writer. He is principally remembered for his efforts in promoting and supporting the settlement of North America by the English through his works, notably Divers Voyages Touching the Discoverie of America and The Principal Navigations, Voiages, Traffiques and...
in his Voyages, in 1589.