The Discovery of Muscovy
by Richard Hakluyt
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About this eBook
- 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.THE Discovery of Muscovy .
- 2.INTRODUCTION.
- 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.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.The Coins , Weights , and Measures , used in Russia . — The Oath Ministered to the Servants of the Fellowship .
- 6.The Letter of Master George Killingworth, the Company’s First Agent in Muscovy ,
- 7.A DISCOURSE
- 8.THE VOYAGE. — The Manners , Usages , And Ceremonies of the Russians .
- 9.THE VOYAGES OF Ohthere and Wulfstan — THE GEOGRAPHY OF EUROPE
- 10.ELEGIAC VERSES BY WILLIAM WORDSWORTH.
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