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People: Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares
Topic: American Revolutionary War, Southern theater of the
Location: Arles Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur France

John Hawkins, having sailed to the newly …

Years: 1565 - 1565

John Hawkins, having sailed to the newly founded French colony in Florida for a respite and departed Florida before the destruction of Fort Caroline, returns to England in September 1565, his expedition a total success as his financiers have seen a sixty percent profit.

He is the first to import potatoes to England in either 1563 or 1565 (sources differ).