Romance Travel
In 1607. British merchants trading the Moscow company “took the service a little-known old Captain Henry Hudson, a London resident. At their own expense he fitted out a sailboat in the 80 tons with a crew of 12 people. and on that ship Hudson was going to go to Japan directly
First, after the father and son, Cabot, resumed the search for the passage to get to China, skirting the north America, naval officer Martin Frobisher. Were filled with three-vessel (pinnace and two barge). In June 1576, rounded Scotland, and 11 July at 61 N high snow-covered earth Friesland (Greenland), pinnace with the entire team was [...]
Giovanni Cabot was a Genoese sailor and a merchant, went to the Middle East for Indian goods, visited even in Mecca, asked Arab merchants, where they get spices. From the vague answers Cabot concluded that spices “born” in some countries, located far to the north-east of India. ” And as Cabot believed the Earth ball, [...]
Out of caution, the Magellan on March 17 went to the uninhabited island Homonhon to take on water and allow to rest people. Residents of the neighboring island of Spaniards brought fruits, coconuts, palm wine. They reported that in this region of many islands. The local elders, the Spaniards saw the golden earrings
November 28, 1520 Magellan went out of the Strait in the open ocean. One can not say that during a 15 day voyage to the north of the Strait of Magellan opened the coast of South America,
Magellan (real name Magalyansh) was born in Portugal around 1480 poor Portuguese nobleman fought in North Africa, where he was wounded. Returning home, he asked the king of promotions, but was refused. Aggrieved Magellan went to Spain, where he concluded a treaty by which Charles I outfitted 5 ships with supplies for 2 years.
At the end of XV century, many have a question: Is it true the world map of Ptolemy? On this map of Africa stretched to the South Pole, separating the Atlantic Ocean from the Indian.
Diego Velazquez outfitted fleet for the conquest of Mexico and headed the expedition man who enjoyed love of soldiers, Hernando Cortes, a distinguished gentleman “from Extremadura, a dandy and Mota.
Hope this will soon come true. After 10 years, a special expedition to the four ships under the command of Vasco da Gama went to search for ways around Africa to India. On the eastern shores of Africa,
In 1466 Athanasius Nikitin merchants decided to go to trade in Shirvan. Shirvan Khanate was on the south-western shores of the Caspian Sea. Shells, two ships, Nikitin with his friends swam in Nizhny Novgorod, where, waiting for the ambassador traveled down the Volga. In Astrakhan, the property was plundered merchants Tartar. Then after swimming across [...]