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A well-written and eye-opening account of lesser-known voyages of exploration during the Tudor era. Admittedly, I knew little previously about the journeys recounted in this history, although I certainly knew the wider context of a European hunt for passage to China and the riches those lands were believed to hold. In a age of great discoveries and big names like Christopher Columbus and Francis Drake, it's easy to see how a voyage that merely went as far as Russia got lost in history, but this work does a lot to bring the journey, along with its dangers and strange twists, into the limelight. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in the Tudor era, as it brings in new information not widely available in other sources. ( )