I want to know the answer to the following question:
Who did the London merchants petition to get permission to sail the Indian Ocean?
All the background I'm provided with is that "The permission was granted, and despite the defeat of the English Armada in 1589, on 10 April 1591 three ships sailed from Torbay around the Cape of Good Hope to the Arabian Sea on one of the earliest English overseas Indian expeditions.". Is that enough to answer the question?