Journey Through Russia and Siberia, 1787-1788: The Journal and Selected LettersUniversity of Wisconsin Press, 1966 - 293 pages |
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... French botanist , André Michaux , to explore this region as far as the Pacific Ocean , but Michaux was recalled from Kentucky by the French government because of his involvement in the Genêt affair . Thus the third American attempt to ...
... French botanist , André Michaux , to explore this region as far as the Pacific Ocean , but Michaux was recalled from Kentucky by the French government because of his involvement in the Genêt affair . Thus the third American attempt to ...
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... French spy . It is probable that Sauer's mem- ory was somewhat faulty , for Ledyard was arrested a year before the French Revolution , and could hardly have been spying in Siberia in the service of the French monarchy , of which Cather ...
... French spy . It is probable that Sauer's mem- ory was somewhat faulty , for Ledyard was arrested a year before the French Revolution , and could hardly have been spying in Siberia in the service of the French monarchy , of which Cather ...
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... french name easily accounted for , as we use the y very often where the french use the i . It is a french name by its orthography & in french would be wrote le diard . I think I remember in a conversation between grand father & Aaron ...
... french name easily accounted for , as we use the y very often where the french use the i . It is a french name by its orthography & in french would be wrote le diard . I think I remember in a conversation between grand father & Aaron ...
Contents
A Biographical Sketch | 3 |
Significance and Problems of Interpre | 32 |
Siberia in the Eighteenth Century | 53 |
Copyright | |
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