Jenkinson, Anthony (?–1611) – a British tradesman and diplomat, the envoy of Queen Elizabeth, and the agent of a company founded in England for trading with Moskovia. Traveled over Europe, Asia, and Africa. In the period from 1557 to 1572, he visited the Russian state four times. From 1558 to 1559 and again from 1562 to 1564, having permission from Tzar Ivan IV, the Terrible, he traversed Russia (Kazan and Astrakhan) to Persia and Central Asia (Khiva and Bukhara) to study anew the trade path to China. J. succeeded in obtaining approval from Ivan IV for the British trade monopoly (1567–1569), provided only that a union treaty was signed between England and Russia. After the refusal of England to sign this agreement, Ivan IV abolished the monopoly (1570).
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Zonn, I.S., Glantz, M.H., Kostianoy, A.G., Kosarev, A.N. (2009). J. In: The Aral Sea Encyclopedia. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-85088-5_10
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