Burchard Kranich
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Burchard Kranich was a mining engineer and physician who came to England from Germany. He was involved in mining ventures in Derbyshire and Cornwall, and in assaying the black ore, thought to be gold-
The Derwent near Duffield, where Kranich erected a watermill for his lead mining operations in 1554
Martin Frobisher, who is said to have favoured Kranich
Contemporary depiction of a witch feeding her familiars
Giovanni Battista Agnello
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Giovanni Battista Agnello was a Venetian alchemist working in London in the 1560s and 1570s. He was the author of the second book in Italian printed in England, Espositione sopra vn libro intitolato A
Burchard Kranich
…metallurgist working in England, Christopher Schutz, performed three 'great proofes' of the ore. Kranich and a Venetian metallurgist working in England, Giovanni Battista Agnello, were also brought in to assay the ore. Kranich and Schutz were soon at odds, with Schutz accusing Kranich, who was favoured by Martin Frobisher, of…
The Northwest Passage