John Hawkins

:(Disambiguation: you may be looking for Sir John Hawkins - the friend, attorney, executor and biographer of Dr. Samuel Johnson).

Potatoes and tobacco

Potatoes were first imported to England in either 1563 or 1565 (sources differ) by Hawkins.

Related Topics:
Potato - 1563 - 1565

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Some scholars suggest it was John Hawkins who introduced introduced tobacco into England. Some accounts say this was in 1569, others in 1564. The latter is more likely, since he mentions "Ltobaccoj" (meaning tobacco) in his journals of the second voyage.

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Tobacco - 1569 - 1564

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