The correct answer that would best complete the given statement above is option D. RICHARD HAKLUYT. It was the efforts of Richard Hakluyt, the geographer, which made England became interested in colonization. He is also an English clergyman and an advocate of expansion.
England became interested in colonization through the efforts of the geographer Richard Hakluyt.
Richard Hakluyt (1552-1616) was an English geographer that supported British exploration to new territories and wrote "The Principal Navigations. Voyages and Discoveries of the English Nation" that includes many English explorations to the Americas. He was a firm believer of the English expansion overseas.
