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[47] [48] The two names "Russia" and "Moscovia" appear to have co-existed as interchangeable during the later 16th and throughout the 17th century with different Western maps and sources using different names, so that the country was called "Russia, or Moscovia" (Latin: Russia seu Moscovia) or "Russia, popularly known as Moscovia" (Latin ...
In England in the 16th century, it was known both as Russia and Muscovy. [35] [36] Such notable Englishmen as Giles Fletcher, author of the book Of the Russe Common Wealth (1591), and Samuel Collins, author of The Present State of Russia (1668), both of whom visited Russia, were familiar with the term Russia and used it in their works. [37]
Polities founded in the Philippines from the 10th–16th centuries include Maynila, [16] Tondo, Namayan, Kumintang Pangasinan, Caboloan, Cebu, Butuan, Maguindanao, Buayan, Lanao, Sulu, and Ma-i. [17] Among the nobility were leaders called datus , responsible for ruling autonomous groups called barangay or dulohan . [ 6 ]
15th century. Douce Atlas (nautical atlas) 16th century. Piri Reis Map (Ottoman Empire, 1513) Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (Ortelius, Flanders, 1570–1612) Mercator's Atlas (1578) 17th century. Atlas Novus (Blaeu, Netherlands, 1635–1658; 1645 edition at UCLA) Dell'Arcano del Mare (England/Italy, 1645–1661)
By the 16th century, Polish claims extended east of the Dnieper to a point south of Moscow, although the area was thinly settled and barely administered. The Russians: In the early 15th century, Tsardom of Russia gradually expanded, defeating various khanates in the process. Its autocracy gave it a fairly effective army.
The following is a listing of the sovereigns of the kingdoms in the Philippine archipelago before their dominions fell to either the Kingdom of the Spains and the Indies (mostly in the 16th or 17th century) or the United States of America (in the 20th century), and of their non-sovereign descendants that kept honorary titles.
The formal end to Tatar rule over Russia was the defeat of the Tatars at the Great Stand on the Ugra River in 1480. Ivan III (r. 1462–1505) and Vasili III (r. 1505–1533) had consolidated the centralized Russian state following the annexations of the Novgorod Republic in 1478, Tver in 1485, the Pskov Republic in 1510, Volokolamsk in 1513, Ryazan in 1521, and Novgorod-Seversk in 1522.
16th-century military history of Russia (3 C, 15 P) 16th century in Moscow (7 P) 16th century in the Principality of Moscow (1 C, 7 P) P. 16th-century Russian people ...