magrano

Updated: July 31, 2026

He was pleased to appoint me two guides, one of whom was to accompany me through Poland, and the other through lower Russia, to Kiow , or Magrano, which is the key of the kingdom. I humbly thanked his majesty in the name of the republic, and took my leave.

Robert Kerr - A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 02 : Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time

Named Chio in the original. The second name, Magrano, is afterwards called Magraman by Contarini, or his French translator. Named Chio in the original, but which must necessarily be Kiow, or Kieu, now belonging to Russia.

Robert Kerr - A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 02 : Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time