330 Pages
by
Routledge
330 Pages
by
Routledge
330 Pages
by
Routledge
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First Published 1970, Muscovy presents a lively and amusing selection of travellers’ tales from the most important of old and rare books. There is the journal of the Dutch sailor Struys, whose imbroglios with Cossacks and Tartars reads more like a picturesque novel than a seaman’s log. There are accounts by visitors long resident in Russia, who learned the language, made friends with people... Read more
Acknowledgements Sources of Illustrations Preface Part I: 1553-1600. Tudor Discoveries of Muscovy Part II: 1600-1698. Seventeenth- century Explorers of Muscovy Part III: 1698-1801. The Window into Europe Part IV: 1801-1825. The Reign of Alexander I Part V: 1825-1900. The Later Nineteenth Century List of Tsars and Tsarinas 1553-1900 Bibliography General Index Index of Persons
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Francesca Wilson
