London in the Time of the Tudors

Name: London in the Time of the Tudors
Author: Besant, Walter

Besant, Walter

London (England); London (England) -- History

The Company showed a clear comprehension of these advantages; they
continued to attempt the north-east passage; they sent ships laden
with merchandise to Archangel, whence their agents travelled over
Russia; they even opened communications with Persia by means of their
agent Anthony Jenkinson, who has already in his own words given us an
account of his adventurous career. When he sailed from the Volga
to Astrakhan, he passed over the Caspian to the town of Boghaz, where
he found traders from the Far East. He sent home a map of Russia, the
first published in England. This way of trade, however, proved too
dangerous on account of Cossack pirates who infested the Caspian Sea
and robbed the Company’s ships. However, the Company, anxious to secure
these advantages, procured an Act of Parliament granting them the
exclusive trade with the countries of Persia, Armenia, and Media, as
well as Russia.

[Illustration:

St. John’s Hospital.
Smithfield.
St. James’s, Clerkenwell.
Baynard Castle.
St. Paul’s Cathedral.
Grey Friars.
Queen Hythe.
St. Martin’s le Grand.
Aldersgate.
Jew’s Cemetery.
Cheapside.
The Standard.
Cross, Cheapside.
Rochester House.
Winchester House.
St. Mary’s Overie.
St. Thomas’s Hospital.
St. George’s Church.
Kent Road.
Suffolk House.
St. Giles’s, Cripplegate.
Cripplegate.
The Barbican.
St. Albans, Wood Street.
Bow Church.
Broken Wharf.
The Cranes.
The Steel Yard.
Cold Harbour.
Fishmongers’ Hall.
St. Thomas of Acons.
Guildhall.
Moorgate.
Austin Friars.
Bishopsgate.
Church of St. Magnus.
London Bridge.
St. Thomas’s Chapel.
Bridge House.
St. Olaves Church.
St. Agnes’s le Clare.
Hoxton.
St. Botolph, Bishopsgate.
Leadenhall.
Botolph Wharf.
Billingsgate.
St. Mary Spittal.
Walls of London.
High Street, Southwark.

From the Panorama of “London, Westminster, and Southwark, in 1543.” By
Anthony Van den Vyngaerde. (Sutherland Collection, Bodleian Library,
Oxford.) _For continuation see pp. 350 and 351._]

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London in the Time of the TudorsBesant, Walter

History

London in the Time of the Tudors

Besant, Walter

London (England); London (England) -- History

The Company showed a clear comprehension of these advantages; they
continued to attempt the north-east passage; they sent ships laden
with merchandise to Archangel, whence their agents travelled over
Russia; they even opened communications with Persia by means of their
agent Anthony Jenkinson, who has already in his own words given us an
account of his adventurous career. When he sailed from the Volga
to Astrakhan, he passed over the Caspian to the town of Boghaz, where
he found traders from the Far East. He sent home a map of Russia, the
first published in England. This way of trade, however, proved too
dangerous on account of Cossack pirates who infested the Caspian Sea
and robbed the Company’s ships. However, the Company, anxious to secure
these advantages, procured an Act of Parliament granting them the
exclusive trade with the countries of Persia, Armenia, and Media, as
well as Russia.

[Illustration:

St. John’s Hospital.
Smithfield.
St. James’s, Clerkenwell.
Baynard Castle.
St. Paul’s Cathedral.
Grey Friars.
Queen Hythe.
St. Martin’s le Grand.
Aldersgate.
Jew’s Cemetery.
Cheapside.
The Standard.
Cross, Cheapside.
Rochester House.
Winchester House.
St. Mary’s Overie.
St. Thomas’s Hospital.
St. George’s Church.
Kent Road.
Suffolk House.
St. Giles’s, Cripplegate.
Cripplegate.
The Barbican.
St. Albans, Wood Street.
Bow Church.
Broken Wharf.
The Cranes.
The Steel Yard.
Cold Harbour.
Fishmongers’ Hall.
St. Thomas of Acons.
Guildhall.
Moorgate.
Austin Friars.
Bishopsgate.
Church of St. Magnus.
London Bridge.
St. Thomas’s Chapel.
Bridge House.
St. Olaves Church.
St. Agnes’s le Clare.
Hoxton.
St. Botolph, Bishopsgate.
Leadenhall.
Botolph Wharf.
Billingsgate.
St. Mary Spittal.
Walls of London.
High Street, Southwark.

From the Panorama of “London, Westminster, and Southwark, in 1543.” By
Anthony Van den Vyngaerde. (Sutherland Collection, Bodleian Library,
Oxford.) _For continuation see pp. 350 and 351._]

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

London in the Time of the Tudors

London in the Time of the Tudors

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