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Culm Valley

The Limits of Empire - how Drake’s Circumnavigation changed history

Speaker: Justin Newland

Somerset novelist Dr Justin Newland explores England’s coming of age during the Elizabethan era. Through the visionary endeavours of men like John Dee and Francis Drake, the nation grew up and shed its image as a small, misty isle on the edge of continental Europe to become the hub of a new world of trade and communication.

Event type: Members Monthly Meeting
Date: Thursday 2nd July 2026
Time: 14:00 - 15:30
Venue: Willand Village Hall