biography
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Chancellor, Richard
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| lived:
| (?–1556)
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| biography:
| English seaman, chosen in 1553 as ‘pilot-general’ of Sir Hugh Willoughby's expedition in search of a Northeast Passage to India. The ships were parted in a storm, and Chancellor proceeded alone into the White Sea, travelling overland to Moscow, where he concluded a treaty giving freedom of trade to English ships. In 1555 he made a second voyage to Moscow, but was lost at sea on the way home. |
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