Title: The Discovery of Muscovy
First published: 1893
Description: The first relations between England and Russia were established in Queen Elizabeth's reign, in the manner here set forth, by the expedition undertaken by Sir Hugh Willoughby and completed by Richard Chanceler or Chancellor, captain of the Edward Bonaventure. Chanceler went on after Willoughby and the crew of his ship, The Admiral, with the crew of another vessel in the expedition, had been parted from Chanceler in a storm in the North Sea, and Willoughby's men were all frozen to death.
Subjects: Description and travel, History, Nonfiction
Places: Europe, Soviet Union
People: Hugh Willoughby Sir (d. 1554), Richard Chancellor (d. 1556)