Renaissance · Europe · Exploration

1553

Chancellor Reaches Ivan the Terrible

1553

The English navigator Richard Chancellor, blown off course in search of the Northeast Passage, landed at the White Sea and journeyed overland to Moscow. Ivan the Terrible received him warmly and granted English merchants trading privileges. The Muscovy Company was chartered soon after, opening a new northern trade route. The resulting Muscovy Company became England's first joint-stock trading company, pioneering the form that produced the East India Company.

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Before and after in Europe

Before: 1552: First Greek Orthodox Printing at Venice
After: July 25, 1554: Mary I Marries Philip of Spain

Before and after in Exploration

Before: 1548: Silver Strike at Zacatecas
After: 1557: Portuguese Lease Macao

Era

Renaissance (1501–1650), one of 715 events from that era on Saeculum.