Dwina, Province

1698. The antient and present state of Muscovy by Jodocus Crull.

The Second in Order of the great Northern Provinces belonging to Muscovy, is the Province of Dwina, having derived its Name from the River Duina, which having its rise at the conflux of the Rivers of Jagel and Sachona, falls into the White Sea near the City of Archangel. This Province being the greatest and most Northern on the Swedi•• side of Muscovy, was in former Ages subject to the Dukes of Novogorod, and had but one City, called Duina, in the very centre of it; But since the English, Dutch, and Hanseatick Towns removed the• Traffick from the City of Narva to Archangel, th• Province is become one of the most considerab•• of the Russian Empire, as the City of Archangel is now the Staple of the whole Continent of M••scovy, by reason of its safe and commodious Harbour.