Journey Through Russia and Siberia, 1787-1788: The Journal and Selected LettersUniversity of Wisconsin Press, 1966 - 293 pages |
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... Pacific area and to have seen Hawaii and Alaska , the first to encounter Russians in the North Pacific , and the first to visit Siberia . John Ledyard was born in November 1751 in Groton , Connect- icut . His grandfather , also John ...
... Pacific area and to have seen Hawaii and Alaska , the first to encounter Russians in the North Pacific , and the first to visit Siberia . John Ledyard was born in November 1751 in Groton , Connect- icut . His grandfather , also John ...
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... Pacific Ocean . ' Ledyard , in his journal of the voyage , written in early 1783 upon his return to America , recorded his impressions and experi- ences at such places en route to the Pacific as the Cape of Good Hope , Kerguelen Island ...
... Pacific Ocean . ' Ledyard , in his journal of the voyage , written in early 1783 upon his return to America , recorded his impressions and experi- ences at such places en route to the Pacific as the Cape of Good Hope , Kerguelen Island ...
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... Pacific Ocean ; Okhotsk was the principal port on the Pacific , from which all naval enterprises to Kamchatka and Alaska set out ; Petropav- lovsk , in southern Kamchatka on Avacha Bay , was established in 1740 and soon became the ...
... Pacific Ocean ; Okhotsk was the principal port on the Pacific , from which all naval enterprises to Kamchatka and Alaska set out ; Petropav- lovsk , in southern Kamchatka on Avacha Bay , was established in 1740 and soon became the ...
Contents
Significance and Problems of Interpre | 32 |
Siberia in the Eighteenth Century | 63 |
The History and Editing of the Papers | 81 |
Copyright | |
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