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4 days ago · The London merchants who founded the Muscovy Company, among whom were only a few skinners, seem to have been far more interested in timber, wax, tallow, flax, train oil, and cordage, which were all essential naval supplies, than in furs, or in the possibility of trade with Persia or Central Asia, then facilitated by the eastward expansion of ...
May 17, 2024 · One such prominent player in forging these relations was the Muscovy Company, previously known as the Company of Merchant Adventurers to New Lands, set up in 1551 by explorers Hugh Willoughby, Richard Chancellor and Sebastian Cabot.
3 days ago · Even commercial company agents’ essentially factual reports of their missions to their employers are at times not immune to fantasizing touches. Such is the case with the curious claim to have visited Persepolis, appearing in a report made by Muscovy Company agents for their employers in London, about a trading journey over the Caucasus in ...
May 16, 2024 · What was the Muscovy Company and what was its purpose? The Muscovy Company, also known as the British Russia Company, was founded in the mid-16th century. It served as an important economic link between Russia and England during the early modern period.
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May 28, 2024 · Parliament has ordered the Muscovy Company to pay certain poor artificers [employed by the Scottish East India Company] who petitioned for redress.
May 29, 2024 · Title. Proclamation regarding the Muscovy Company pg.2. Subject. inhibiting the importation of whale fins and whale oils into the kingdom by anyone except the Mufcouia Company (in Greenland) Collection. JFB: Trade and Commerce in 17th Century England: Proclamations. Citation.
May 21, 2024 · The Muscovy Company, also known as the Russian Company, or the Company of Merchant Adventurers to New Lands, was an English trading company founded in the 16th century. It held a monopoly on English trade with Russia and the surrounding regions.
