Book contents
- Visualizing Russia in Early Modern Europe
- Visualizing Russia in Early Modern Europe
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part I Encountering Russia Visually
- Part II Sigismund von Herberstein
- Part III The Muscovy Company Maps Eurasia
- 5 The Muscovy Company as a Knowledge Network
- 6 Maps as Chorography
- Part IV Visuality Explodes
- Part V Adam Olearius
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
5 - The Muscovy Company as a Knowledge Network
from Part III - The Muscovy Company Maps Eurasia
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 31 August 2024
Book contents
- Visualizing Russia in Early Modern Europe
- Visualizing Russia in Early Modern Europe
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part I Encountering Russia Visually
- Part II Sigismund von Herberstein
- Part III The Muscovy Company Maps Eurasia
- 5 The Muscovy Company as a Knowledge Network
- 6 Maps as Chorography
- Part IV Visuality Explodes
- Part V Adam Olearius
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Chapter 5 introduces the reader to the map of 1562 and 1566 attributed to Anthony Jenkinson, a merchant and envoy of the joint stock Muscovy Company. The Company had been founded in 1555 in London to capitalize on the unexpected landing of a British explorers in Muscovy’s hinterlands and quickly won trade monopolies with Russia; the chapter introduces the cast of characters (cartographer, engraver, publisher) in the Muscovy Company who collaborated in producing a map based on Jenkinson’s report of his travels through Russia to Persia in 1557 and 1561.
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- Visualizing Russia in Early Modern Europe , pp. 119 - 134Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024