Christopher Schutz
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Christopher Schutz also commonly known in England as Jonas Schutz, was a German-born metallurgist who worked in England for several decades. He built England's first blast furnace at Tintern, and was
Modern-day Kimmirut, in the area known to Schutz as Meta Incognita
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
Christopher Schutz
…company is said to have employed 8,000 workers at this time. Schutz' next venture, however, was a financial disaster. In January 1577 Schutz assisted Giovanni Battista Agnello, a Venetian then living in London, in the assaying of a black stone which had been picked up lying loose on the surface of Hall's Island by Robert…
The Northwest Passage
Martin Frobisher