Contrarywise, In This Mappe Is To Bee Seene, That The Land Extendeth Onely A Litle Aboue Norway And Swethland, And Then Turning It Selfe Trendeth Afterwards Towards The Southeast And By East, Vnto The Countrey Of Moscouie And Russia, And Stretcheth Directly Vnto Cathay.

And that this is true, the nauigations which the English men haue of late made, intending to discouer Cathay, in the time of Edward the sixt, king of England, are very sufficient witnesses.

For in the mids of their voiage, lighting by chance vpon the coast of Moscouie (where they found then reigning Iohn Vasiliwich Emperor of Russia, and great Duke of Moscouia, who after he had, to his great delight and admiration, seene the English men, entertained them with exceeding great curtesies) found this sea to be nauigable, and not frozen.

[Sidenote: The great hope of the Northeastern dicouerie.] Which nauigation to Cathay, although it be not as yet throughly knowen, yet if with often frequenting the same, and by long vse and knowledge of those seas it bee continued it is like to make a wonderfull change and reuolution in the state of this our port of the world.

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The testimonie of Gerardus Mercator in his last large Mappe of Europe, touching the notable discoueries of the English, made of Moscouie by the Northeast.

Magnam occasionem certamque rationem emendandae Europae nobis attulit celeberrima Angloram per Cronium mare nauigatio: quae littora Septentrionalia Finlappie Moscouiaeque iuxta coeli situm, mundique plagas digesta habet. Exacta etiam vrbis Moscuae latitudo ab Anglis obseruata, interiorum Regionum emendatius describendarum infallibilem legem praescripsit: Quibus oblatis adminiculis pulcherrimis, iniquum putaui tabulam hanc castigatiorem non reddere.

The same in English.

The most famous nauigation of the English men by the Northeast sea hath offered vnto me a great occasion, and certaine direction for the reformation of the mappe of Europe: which discouerie hath the Northerne parts of Finmarke, Lapland, and Moscouie, laied out according to the iust eleuation and the quarters of the world. And further, the true obseruation of the latitude of the city of Mosco, made by the foresaid Englishmen, hath yeelded me an infallible rule, for the correcting of the situation of the inland countries: which notable helps being ministred vnto me, I thought it my duetie to exhibite to the world this Mappe, more exact and perfect then hitherto it hath bene published.

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Another testimonie of Ioannes Metellus Sequanus concerning the same Nauigation and Discouerie in his preface prefixed before Osorius de rebus gestis Emanuelis Regis Portugalliae. written about the yeere, 1574.

At ne omnis, vnis Hispanis, Oceani maris gloria totaque concederetur, Britanni Septentriones noua in Moscouiam nauigatione, ab hinc annis viginti plus minus illustrarunt. Nam bellis Sueticis a Moscouitarum, Naruaeque Liuoniae exclusi commercio, iter ad illos Oceano, hinc Noruegiae, Finmarchiae, Lappiae, Scricfinniae, Biarmiaeque; illinc Groenlandiae littora praeteruecti, vltra Septuagesimum latitudinis Aquilonaris gradum sibi patefaciunt. Quam nauigationem Belgae postea, non sine tamen cum ijsdem Britannis velitatione, sunt secuti. Eo vehunt argenti veteris fragmenta, lineasque vestes prope detritas, omnisque generis minutiores merces, ad vsum, cultumque corporis hominum vtriusque sexus, veluti lintea et byssea cingula, periscelides, crumenas, cultros, et id genus sexcenta. A Moschis autem pelles omnis generis pretiosas adferunt, et salmones salitos, fumoque duratos.

The same in English.

But least all and the whole glory of discouering the Ocean sea should be ascribed to the Spaniards, the Englishmen about twentie yeeres past, by a new nauigation into Moscouie, discouered the Northeast partes. For they by reason of the warres of Swethland being hindered from the traffique of the Moscouites and of the Narue in Liefland, opened a passage for themselues by the Ocean sea, beyond the Northerne latitude of 70. degrees: hauing in their course on the one side the coastes of Norway, Finmark, Lapland, Scrickfin and Biarmia: On the other side the coast of Gronland. Which voyage the Hollanders afterwarde entred into, but not without some conflict with the English. They cary thither old plate and course linnen cloth, and all kind of small Mercerie wares, seruing for the apparelling of men and women, as linnen, and silke girdles, garters, purses, kniues, and many such like things. And they bring away from the Moscouites, all kinde of precious Furres, and Salmons salted and dried in the smoke.

END OF VOL. IV.

INDICES TO VOLS. II., III., & IV.

INDICES.

N.B. - The large print indicates that the _whole_ section refers to the subject mentioned.

VOL. II.

ALANIANS, Greek Christians ALBANIA described ALEPPO (Sultan of) attacked by Tartars ALMANS (Germans), mentioned ALTI (Soldan), mentioned AMBASSADORS received by Cuyne ANDREW, duke of Russia ANDREW, (Friar) visits the Caspian ANTIOCH taken by the French AQUILEIA (Patriarch of) attacks Tartars ARCTIC OCEAN visited by Tartars ARMENIANS attacked by Tartars ASCELLINUS (Friar) sent to Tartary ASSASSIN, origin of word ASSASSINI, a mountain tribe ASTAR, mentioned ASTRACAN, mentioned AUSTRIA (Duke of) attacks Tartars AZOV, mentioned AZOV, (Sea of)

BAATU. See _Bathy_ BADEN (Earl of) said to attack Tartars. BALDACH (Caliph of) attacked by Tartars - Mentioned BALDWIN OF HAINAULT, mentioned BAN, brother to Bathy, put to death BARCHIN besieged BARTHOLOMEW OF CREMONA accompanies Rubruquis to Tartary - Sent back by Bathy to Sartach. BATHY. His expedition - Carpini sent to him - His power - Receives Carpini - Revisited by Carpini - Mentioned - His wives - His reception of Rubruquis BEARS, mentioned BEAUVAIS (Vincent of), see _Beluacensis_ BELUACENSIS (V.), quoted - note on BENEDICT (Friar) accompanies J. de Piano Carpini BERTA, mentioned BISERSMINIA, mentioned BLACK SEA. See _Pontus Euximus_ BOHEMIA, mentioned BOHEMIA (King of) attacks Tartars BOLAC, mentioned BOLESAUS, Duke of Silesia BORISTHENES. See _Dnieper_ BULGARIA (Greater). BULGARIA (Minor). BURUTABETH, mentioned.

CAESARIA, mentioned. CAILAC, mentioned. CANGLE, mentioned. CARA CARUM, mentioned. CARINTHIA (Duke of) attacks Tartars. CARPINI, JOANNES DE PLANO: HIS EMBASSY FROM INNOCENT IV. TO THE TARTARS - Sent to Tartary - Crosses Bohemia - Poland - Russia - Visits Boleslaus - Conrad - Wasilico - Taken ill - His mission - Received by Bathy - Travels through Commania and land of Kangittae - Biserminia - Reaches the court of Cuyne - His reception - Receives letters from Cuyne - Dismissed - His return home - Mentioned CASPIAN Sea, mentioned CATHAY, mentioned. CAUCASUS, mentioned CHINGAY, mentioned CHINGIS KHAN.

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