North-East Passage to Muscovy
North-East Passage to Muscovy

Author: C P Mayers

Publisher: The History Press

Published: 2005-07-21

Total Pages: 234

ISBN-13: 0752495739

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North-East to Muscovy explores important and overlooked sea voyages, the motivation behind them, the geographical knowledge acquired on them which put England in the forefront of cartography, and the extraordinary dealings of the Muscovy Company - which included passing on a proposal of marriage to Elizabeth I from Ivan the Terrible.

From Northeast Passage to Northern Sea Route
From Northeast Passage to Northern Sea Route

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Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2022-09-12

Total Pages: 533

ISBN-13: 9004521844

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This volume is the first study of the entire history of the Northern Sea Route, from its earliest exploration to the twenty-first century. It includes the West-European search for a new waterway to the Orient (sixteenth to seventeenth century), the Russian Kamchatka expeditions (eighteenth century), and the navigation from Europe to the major rivers in north-west Siberia (late nineteenth to early twentieth century), as well as the Russian utilisation of the sea route in the Soviet epoch and later.

The Northwest Passage
The Northwest Passage

Author: Donat Pharand

Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers

Published: 1984

Total Pages: 238

ISBN-13: 9789024729791

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Includes a description and history of exploration of the Northwest Passage, projection of future commercial use, analysis of the past and present legal status of the Passage and a discussion of the main policy implications of future use.

Henry Hudson
Henry Hudson

Author: Jack Connelly

Publisher: Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC

Published: 2014-12-15

Total Pages: 66

ISBN-13: 1502601273

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Explore the life and voyages of Henry Hudson, the English navigator who searched the across the Northeastern United States and Canada for a northwest passage to China.

The Mystique of the Northwest Passage
The Mystique of the Northwest Passage

Author: Bożenna Chylińska

Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Published: 2019-01-14

Total Pages: 221

ISBN-13: 152752499X

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The book highlights the 16th-century English-Atlantic connections based on the world division defined by two fundamental documents of the late 15th century: namely, the papal bull Inter Caetera, and the Portuguese-Spanish Treaty of Tordesillas. Despite this, an imaginary Northwest Passage to the wealth and markets of the Far East captured the attention of Elizabethan merchants and navigators searching for an alternative sea route to Asia to challenge the Portuguese and Spanish commerce monopoly. The core of the book is Sir Martin Frobisher’s three Arctic voyages of 1576–78, intended to connect the Protestant focus on wealth acquisition with the territorial expansion. Although Frobisher’s venture lacked opportunities for advancement, he marked his place in history by creating a fascination for the mythical Northwest Passage and an interest in North America. The book is based on the eyewitness accounts of the expeditions’ captains, and will appeal to a large audience, from teachers and students in the general humanities to those specifically interested in language, literature, and trans-Atlantic and Renaissance studies.

Exploring Polar Frontiers [2 volumes]
Exploring Polar Frontiers [2 volumes]

Author: William James Mills

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2003-12-11

Total Pages: 844

ISBN-13: 1576074234

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Covers the entire history of Arctic and Antarctic exploration, from the voyage of Pytheas ca. 325 B.C. to the present, in one convenient, comprehensive reference resource. Exploring Polar Frontiers: A Historical Encyclopedia is the only reference work that provides a comprehensive history of polar exploration from the ancient period through the present day. The author is a noted polar scholar and offers dramatic accounts of all major explorers and their expeditions, together with separate exploration histories for specific islands, regions, and uncharted waters. He presents a wealth of fascinating information under a variety of subject entries including methods of transport, myths, achievements, and record-breaking activities. By approaching polar exploration biographically, geographically, and topically, Mills reveals a number of intriguing connections between the various explorers, their patrons and times, and the process of discovery in all areas of the polar regions. Furthermore, he provides the reader with a clear understanding of the intellectual climate as well as the dominant social, economic, and political forces surrounding each expedition. Readers will learn why the journeys were undertaken, not just where, when, and how.