ani ot ▁Mus cov ite ▁amb assador ▁to ▁Milan , ▁interview ed ▁by ▁Milan ese ▁officials , ▁their ▁report ▁possibly ▁not ▁published ▁ 1 4 8 7 : ▁G ios af at ▁Bar bar o ▁Ven et ian ▁to ▁Sea ▁of ▁Az ov , ▁published ▁ 1 5 4 3 ▁ 1 5 1 5 ▁Jacob ▁P iso : ▁Polish ▁anti - Russ ian ▁propag anda , ▁never ▁in ▁Russia ▁ 1 5 1 7 : ▁Mac iej ▁M iech ow ita ▁" first ▁accurate ▁ge ography ▁of ▁Eastern ▁Europe " ▁ 1 5 1 9 ▁Christian ▁Bom hover : ▁Te ut onic ▁Knight , ▁first ▁book ▁sole ly ▁on ▁Russia , ▁very ▁host ile , ▁never ▁visited ▁Russia , ▁little ▁c ited ▁by ▁later ▁authors . ▁ 1 5 2 5 – 1 5 4 3 : ▁Albert ▁Comp ense , ▁Paolo ▁Gi ovo , ▁Johan ▁Fab ri : ▁F avor able ▁accounts ▁in ▁interest ▁of ▁church ▁union . ▁Never ▁in ▁Russia . ▁c . ▁ 1 5 2 7 : ▁Sig ism und ▁von ▁Her ber stein , ▁H abs burg ▁amb assador ▁to ▁Moscow . ▁S aw ▁government ▁as ▁desp otic . ▁Much ▁copied ▁by ▁later ▁writers . ▁ 1 5 5 3 : ▁Richard ▁Chan cell or ▁reached ▁Mus c ovy ▁via ▁the ▁White ▁Sea , ▁wrote ▁Bo oke ▁of ▁the ▁Great ▁and ▁M ight y ▁Emperor ▁of ▁Russia ▁ 1 5 6 1 – 1 5 8 3 : ▁During ▁the ▁Liv onian ▁War ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁anti