Routes to Russia
Overview and Issues
[edit | edit source]- Article on the journeys undertaken by Nicholas de Fleury, Francis Crawford and other contemporaries to Moscow, Russia.
- WG146
Abstract
[edit | edit source]- Written to mark the publication of Russia: The Dorothy Dunnett Guide. Background to the routes including contemporary names of places, maps of routes, geography of the regions covered including rivers and towns. Contemporary travellers include Richard Chancellor, Contarini and Herberstein.
Author
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]People
[edit | edit source]- Ambrogio Contarini
- Marco Rosso
- Zoe Paleologos | Princess Zoe-Sophia
- Richard Chancellor
- Baron Sigismund von Herberstein
Fictional Character
[edit | edit source]Locations
[edit | edit source]- Moscow
- Vologda
- Novgorod
- Kholmogory
- Lampozhyna
- Fasso
- Caffa
- Black Sea
- River Volga
Literature
[edit | edit source]Illustrations
[edit | edit source]- Herberstein's map of 'Moscauw' engraved for the book Civitates orbis terrarum by Braun and Hogenberg. 1572
- Map 1. Nicolas's and Contarini's routes in 1475
- Map 2. Francis Crawford's suggested route to Russia 1554
- Map 3. Four Northern routes to Russia (Chancellor's, Herberstein's, Zoe-Sophia's and St Mary's Captains.)
Historical Events
[edit | edit source]- (none)
Other References
[edit | edit source]- Cossacks
- Ottoman Empire
- Poland-Lithuania Empire
- Tartar Khanate of Crimea
Quotes from Dunnett
[edit | edit source]- (none)