Philip amadas biography
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Amadas, Philip
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See Also: Amadas and Barlowe Expedition
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1565–?
Philip Amadas, naval commander and explorer, was the son of John and Jane Amadas of Plymouth, England. In his youth he released his estate in the manors of Trethake, Penkelewe, to Sir Walter Raleigh and became a member of his household.
It is from this association that he was sent in 1584, at age nineteen, to explore the coast of America for a suitable site for Raleigh's proposed colony. Amadas, like Arthur Barlowe, was captain of his own flagship, the Bark Ralegh, with Simon Fernandez as master and pilot.
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