Journey Through Russia and Siberia, 1787-1788: The Journal and Selected LettersUniversity of Wisconsin Press, 1966 - 293 pages |
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... Cook , Ledyard was assigned as a marine to the captain's own ship , the Resolution , which had already weathered Cook's second voyage to the South Pacific in 1772-75 . On July 12 , 1776 , the Resolution left Plymouth harbor . By mid ...
... Cook , Ledyard was assigned as a marine to the captain's own ship , the Resolution , which had already weathered Cook's second voyage to the South Pacific in 1772-75 . On July 12 , 1776 , the Resolution left Plymouth harbor . By mid ...
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... Cook's men " observed several blue linen shirts and drawers among them . " However , the decisive evidence proved to be the words of a young Aleut chief , Derramoushk , who told Cook about white strangers in the vicinity who had crossed ...
... Cook's men " observed several blue linen shirts and drawers among them . " However , the decisive evidence proved to be the words of a young Aleut chief , Derramoushk , who told Cook about white strangers in the vicinity who had crossed ...
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... Cook's own account of his stay at Unalaska and his dealings with the Russians , see Cook , The Explorations of Captain James Cook in the Pacific as Told by Selections from his Own Journals , 1768–1779 , ed . Price , pp . 244-47 . 13 ...
... Cook's own account of his stay at Unalaska and his dealings with the Russians , see Cook , The Explorations of Captain James Cook in the Pacific as Told by Selections from his Own Journals , 1768–1779 , ed . Price , pp . 244-47 . 13 ...
Contents
A Biographical Sketch | 3 |
Significance and Problems of Interpre | 32 |
Siberia in the Eighteenth Century | 53 |
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