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Sino-Russian Relations in the Seventeenth Century (Paperback, 1966 ed.)
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Sino-Russian Relations in the Seventeenth Century (Paperback, 1966 ed.)
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The seventeenth century was a momentous epoch. While western
European countries were busy expanding westward and eastward,
Russia, quietly crossed the Ural Mountains, absorbed Siberia and
reached as far as Alaska. Russia did not expand toward the East
with out opposition from the western European countries. In the
last half of the sixteenth century, inspired by the "gorgeous
East," the Dutch and the English made many efforts to find a
northern passage to China l to attain gold, gems, silks, pearls and
spices. They attempted to reach China by land routes but were
hindered by continual wars between the Kazaks and Mongol tribes, as
is indicated in a letter written by an 2 English traveler,
Jenkinson, in 1559. They also attempted to reach China by way of
the Northern Ocean, but the Arctic weather foiled all of these
efforts. The English hoped to find a way to China as well as to
India by the Ob River. They knew of the Ob as early as 1555, and
the next year Stephen Burrough was sent to find it. He reached the
Kara Strait but ice prevented him from passing through it. In 1580
Arthur Pet and Charles Jackman left England with two ships in
search of a northeast passage. Pet went through the Kara Strait.
Jackman followed him in 1581, encountering much ice. Eventually
Pet's expedition succeeded in returning westward again through the
Kara Strait, but Jackman and his men were never heard from again.
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