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The Discovery of Muscovy

The Discovery of Muscovy

by Richard Hakluyt

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Author
Hakluyt, Richard, 1552?-1616
Credits
Transcribed from the 1893 Cassell & Company edition by David Price
Language
English
LoC Class
DK: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Russia, Former Soviet Republics, Poland
Subject
Russia -- Description and travel
Category
Text
eBook-No.
4076
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4076
Release Date
May 1, 2003
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE Discovery of Muscovy .
  2. 2.INTRODUCTION.
  3. 3.THE NEW NAVIGATION AND DISCOVERY OF THE KINGDOM OF MUSCOVY — Of Muscovy , which is also called Russia . — Of Moscow , the Chief City of the Kingdom , and of the Emperor thereof . — Of the Discipline of War amongst the Russians . — Of the Ambassadors of the Emperor of Muscovy . — Novogorode . — Yeraslave . — Vologda . — Plesco . — Colmagro . — Of Controversies in Law , and How they are Ended . — Of Punishments upon Thieves . — Of their Religion . — On the Muscovites that are Idolaters , Dwelling near to Tartaria . — Of the form of their private Houses , and of the Apparel of the People . — The Conclusion to Queen Mary .
  4. 4.The Copy of the Duke of Muscovy and Emperor or Russia his Letters , sent to King Edward VI., by the hands of Richard Chanceler .
  5. 5.The Coins , Weights , and Measures , used in Russia . — The Oath Ministered to the Servants of the Fellowship .
  6. 6.The Letter of Master George Killingworth, the Company’s First Agent in Muscovy ,
  7. 7.A DISCOURSE
  8. 8.THE VOYAGE. — The Manners , Usages , And Ceremonies of the Russians .
  9. 9.THE VOYAGES OF Ohthere and Wulfstan — THE GEOGRAPHY OF EUROPE
  10. 10.ELEGIAC VERSES BY WILLIAM WORDSWORTH.

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