The English Search for a Northeast Passage to Asia Reconsidered:How ‘Flemish’ fishermen put the Edward Bonaventure in jeopardy on its return journey in 1554
In 1553 the Edward Bonaventure set sail from England with two other ships to search for a Northeast Passage to Asia. Eventually the ship made it to the White Sea and the captain of the ship, Richard Chancellor, reached Moscow where he met Tsar Ivan IV, ‘the Terrible’, at the Kremlin. In 1554 the shi...
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ftvuamstcris:oai:research.vu.nl:publications/6cdcd016-7c9d-4dc1-8158-d61182fb521f 2024-10-13T14:05:29+00:00 The English Search for a Northeast Passage to Asia Reconsidered:How ‘Flemish’ fishermen put the Edward Bonaventure in jeopardy on its return journey in 1554 Sicking, Louis van Rhee, C. H. 2019-10-21 https://research.vu.nl/en/publications/6cdcd016-7c9d-4dc1-8158-d61182fb521f https://doi.org/10.1080/00253359.2019.1665338 https://hdl.handle.net/1871.1/6cdcd016-7c9d-4dc1-8158-d61182fb521f http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85073670307&partnerID=8YFLogxK eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Sicking , L & van Rhee , C H 2019 , ' The English Search for a Northeast Passage to Asia Reconsidered : How ‘Flemish’ fishermen put the Edward Bonaventure in jeopardy on its return journey in 1554 ' , Mariners Mirror , vol. 105 , no. 4 , pp. 388-406 . https://doi.org/10.1080/00253359.2019.1665338 Anglo-Netherlandish relations Arctic discoveries Edward Bonaventure Northeast Passage prize law Richard Chancellor Russia /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/peace_justice_and_strong_institutions name=SDG 16 - Peace Justice and Strong Institutions article 2019 ftvuamstcris https://doi.org/10.1080/00253359.2019.1665338 2024-09-26T14:52:10Z In 1553 the Edward Bonaventure set sail from England with two other ships to search for a Northeast Passage to Asia. Eventually the ship made it to the White Sea and the captain of the ship, Richard Chancellor, reached Moscow where he met Tsar Ivan IV, ‘the Terrible’, at the Kremlin. In 1554 the ship returned to England but was ‘robbed by Flemings’, according to Richard Hakluyt. The discovery of a case file in the archives of the Great Council of Malines, the supreme court of the Netherlands in the sixteenth century, concerning the robbing of the Edward Bonaventure on its return voyage offers a new perspective on the spectacular first English expedition which resulted in the discovery of the North Cape and Anglo-Russian trade connections and diplomatic relations. Besides offering new knowledge on England’s pioneering voyage of 1553, this article explores possibilities and limitations of case files for historical research and offers a revealing example of political pressure on legal decision-making and shows that legal institutions were not necessarily the puppets of their rulers. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic North Cape Northeast Passage White Sea Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU): Research Portal Arctic North Cape ENVELOPE(165.700,165.700,-70.650,-70.650) White Sea The Mariner's Mirror 105 4 388 406 |
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In 1553 the Edward Bonaventure set sail from England with two other ships to search for a Northeast Passage to Asia. Eventually the ship made it to the White Sea and the captain of the ship, Richard Chancellor, reached Moscow where he met Tsar Ivan IV, ‘the Terrible’, at the Kremlin. In 1554 the ship returned to England but was ‘robbed by Flemings’, according to Richard Hakluyt. The discovery of a case file in the archives of the Great Council of Malines, the supreme court of the Netherlands in the sixteenth century, concerning the robbing of the Edward Bonaventure on its return voyage offers a new perspective on the spectacular first English expedition which resulted in the discovery of the North Cape and Anglo-Russian trade connections and diplomatic relations. Besides offering new knowledge on England’s pioneering voyage of 1553, this article explores possibilities and limitations of case files for historical research and offers a revealing example of political pressure on legal decision-making and shows that legal institutions were not necessarily the puppets of their rulers. |
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The English Search for a Northeast Passage to Asia Reconsidered:How ‘Flemish’ fishermen put the Edward Bonaventure in jeopardy on its return journey in 1554 |
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The English Search for a Northeast Passage to Asia Reconsidered:How ‘Flemish’ fishermen put the Edward Bonaventure in jeopardy on its return journey in 1554 |
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The English Search for a Northeast Passage to Asia Reconsidered:How ‘Flemish’ fishermen put the Edward Bonaventure in jeopardy on its return journey in 1554 |
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Sicking , L & van Rhee , C H 2019 , ' The English Search for a Northeast Passage to Asia Reconsidered : How ‘Flemish’ fishermen put the Edward Bonaventure in jeopardy on its return journey in 1554 ' , Mariners Mirror , vol. 105 , no. 4 , pp. 388-406 . https://doi.org/10.1080/00253359.2019.1665338 |
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