Journey Through Russia and Siberia, 1787-1788: The Journal and Selected LettersUniversity of Wisconsin Press, 1966 - 293 pages |
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... Lena in Lat . 62:34 . Long 145 cast from After leaving debeatest Frode 200 vored by land kombed on Board & small batteaux on the Lena mar its source at the willage of Ratchuga which is 2266 versts from Jalentsk . Varind here in the 18th ...
... Lena in Lat . 62:34 . Long 145 cast from After leaving debeatest Frode 200 vored by land kombed on Board & small batteaux on the Lena mar its source at the willage of Ratchuga which is 2266 versts from Jalentsk . Varind here in the 18th ...
Page 138
... Lena has furnished me with any thing new- & yet no traveller ever passed by scenes that more constantly engage the heart & the imagination & yet I suppose y * no two disinterested philosophers would think alike about them : two painters ...
... Lena has furnished me with any thing new- & yet no traveller ever passed by scenes that more constantly engage the heart & the imagination & yet I suppose y * no two disinterested philosophers would think alike about them : two painters ...
Page 163
... Lena " Autumn must have made its appearance 10 or 14 days ago , the trees have most of them dropt their foliage . The river here twenty yards wide surrounded by high steep mountains . a number of little falls - river in general 234 feet ...
... Lena " Autumn must have made its appearance 10 or 14 days ago , the trees have most of them dropt their foliage . The river here twenty yards wide surrounded by high steep mountains . a number of little falls - river in general 234 feet ...
Contents
A Biographical Sketch | 3 |
Significance and Problems of Interpre | 32 |
Siberia in the Eighteenth Century | 53 |
Copyright | |
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