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Sir Hugh Willoughby, .... Frontispiece 



From the portrait at Wollaton Hall, by permission of 

 Lord Middleton. 



Map of the World by Robert Thorne, . . 176 



From the very rare Divers Voyages touching the discoverie 

 of America, published by Richard Hakluyt, 1582. 



Ivan Vasilowich, Emperor of Russia, . . .192 



From an old woodcut in Early Voyages and Travels to 

 Russia and Persia. (By permission of the Hakluyt 

 Society.) 



King Edward VI. granting the Charter of Bride- 

 well Palace to the Citizens of London, . 208 



From the engraving by George Vertue of the picture 

 in the Royal Bridewell Free Hospital : the kneeling 

 figure receiving the charter is Sir George Barnes, 

 one of the first consuls of the Russia Company. 



Sebastian Cabot, . . . . . . .240 



From the engraving by Rawle of the * Harford * 

 portrait, formerly attributed to Holbein. This 

 portrait was destroyed by fire in 1845. The 

 robe and chain worn by Cabot are supposed to 

 be his official dress as * Governour of the 

 mysterie and companie of the Marchants adven- 

 turers for the discoverie of Regions, Dominions, 

 Islands, and places unknowen.' 



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