Journey Through Russia and Siberia, 1787-1788: The Journal and Selected LettersUniversity of Wisconsin Press, 1966 - 293 pages |
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... March 19 ( # 23 ) . If Ledyard was following the Julian Calendar ( Old Style ) , then used in Russia , this would have been March 19/30 . More likely he was still using New Style ( Gregorian ) , and thus arrived in the Russian capital ...
... March 19 ( # 23 ) . If Ledyard was following the Julian Calendar ( Old Style ) , then used in Russia , this would have been March 19/30 . More likely he was still using New Style ( Gregorian ) , and thus arrived in the Russian capital ...
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... March 12 ( N.S. ) Ledyard wrote in his journal : “ I am on my Road to Poland & 220 Versts from Moscow- " . A few ... March 12 was New Style.21 According to his journal , Ledyard left Moscow on March 21. At the beginning of the 18th ...
... March 12 ( N.S. ) Ledyard wrote in his journal : “ I am on my Road to Poland & 220 Versts from Moscow- " . A few ... March 12 was New Style.21 According to his journal , Ledyard left Moscow on March 21. At the beginning of the 18th ...
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... March 21 ( N.S. ) . This supposition would leave nine days be- tween the time he was in Nizhni Novgorod and his leaving Moscow - long enough for an interrogation in Moscow . Furthermore , from this assumption an approximation of the ...
... March 21 ( N.S. ) . This supposition would leave nine days be- tween the time he was in Nizhni Novgorod and his leaving Moscow - long enough for an interrogation in Moscow . Furthermore , from this assumption an approximation of the ...
Contents
A Biographical Sketch | 3 |
Significance and Problems of Interpre | 32 |
Siberia in the Eighteenth Century | 53 |
Copyright | |
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