March, G. Patrick. 3: Ivan IV and the Muscovite Drang nach Osten. Eastern Destiny: Russia in Asia and the North Pacific. Westport, Connecticut: Praeger Publishers. 1996: 26 [2017-02-08]. ISBN 9780275956486. It was in pursuit of a northeast passage that the English under the leadership of Richard Chancellor arrived in Kholmogory in 1553.