1553

Willoughby and Chancellor Seek a Northeast Passage

1553

A London joint-stock company sent three ships into the Arctic to find a sea route to China around the top of Russia. Hugh Willoughby's crew froze to death on the Kola coast. Richard Chancellor, blown into the White Sea, walked to Moscow and opened a new English trade with the tsar.

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Also in 1553 (4 other events on record)

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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.