Muscovy
51Anthony Jenkinson — (1529 ndash; 1610/1611) was born at Market Harborough, Leicestershire, on 8 October 1529. He was one of the first Britons to explore Muscovy and present day Russia. Jenkinson was a traveler and explorer on behalf of the Muscovy Company and the… …
52Lisowczycy — (also known as Straceńcy ( lost men or forlorn hope ) or chorągiew elearska (company of elears); or in singular form: Lisowczyk or elear) the name of an early 17th century irregular unit of light cavalry, mostly form Grand Duchy of Lithuania, as… …
53Russo-Crimean Wars — The Russo Crimean Wars were fought between the forces of the Muscovy and the invading Tatars of the Crimean Khanate. Contents 1 History 2 1570 3 1571 4 1572 …
54Compañía de Moscovia — Iván IV de Rusia mostrando sus tesoros a Jerome Horsey (Alexander Litovchenko, 1875). La Compañía de Moscovia (en inglés, Muscovy Company o Muscovy Trading Company; en ruso, Московская компания), fue una compañía comercial fundada en Londres en… …
55Poland — /poh leuhnd/, n. a republic in E central Europe, on the Baltic Sea. 38,700,291; ab. 121,000 sq. mi. (313,400 sq. km). Cap.: Warsaw. Polish, Polska. * * * Poland Introduction Poland Background: Poland is an ancient nation that was conceived around …
56musk duck — noun large crested wild duck of Central America and South America; widely domesticated • Syn: ↑muscovy duck, ↑Cairina moschata • Hypernyms: ↑duck • Member Holonyms: ↑Cairina, ↑genus Cairina * * * …
57Crimean Khanate — قريم يورتى Qırım Yurtu Vassal state of the Ottoman Empire in 1478 1774 ← …
58Conrad Bussow — (1552 or 1553, Ilten, Hanover[1] – 1617) was a German mercenary from Lower Saxony who lived in Riga in 1590s and in Muscovy in 1600–1611. In 1614–1617 Bussow compiled The Disturbed State of the Russian Realm, an eye witness history of the Time of …
59Hudson, Henry — born с 1565, England died , after June 22, 1611, in or near Hudson Bay? English navigator and explorer. Sailing for the Muscovy Company of London in search of the Northeast Passage to the Far East, he was blocked by ice fields. In 1609 he set out …
60Mulard — Not to be confused with Mallard. Moulard redirects here. For the French wine grape also known as Moulard, see Brun Fourca. The Mulard (or Moulard) is a hybrid variety of domestic duck produced by crossing a female Pekin with a male Muscovy Duck.… …
