Journey Through Russia and Siberia, 1787-1788: The Journal and Selected LettersUniversity of Wisconsin Press, 1966 - 293 pages |
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... Yakutsk , and got there on September 18. Ledyard pressed to proceed to Okhotsk ; but the local com- mandant , G. A. Marklovskii , urged the dangers of winter travel as reason for remaining in Yakutsk until spring . Although Ledyard ...
... Yakutsk , and got there on September 18. Ledyard pressed to proceed to Okhotsk ; but the local com- mandant , G. A. Marklovskii , urged the dangers of winter travel as reason for remaining in Yakutsk until spring . Although Ledyard ...
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... Yakutsk , later asserted that Led- yard had challenged the commandant at Yakutsk to a duel and had made a general nuisance of himself ; that subsequently he had been arrested in Irkutsk for disorderly conduct : " . . . the Commandant ...
... Yakutsk , later asserted that Led- yard had challenged the commandant at Yakutsk to a duel and had made a general nuisance of himself ; that subsequently he had been arrested in Irkutsk for disorderly conduct : " . . . the Commandant ...
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... Yakutsk you see the Yakutsk and also the Tonguse who are more personable than the Calmucs or Monguls and more sensible : but the Yakutsk are more sensible than either They are indeed a people of good natural parts and genius : and by ...
... Yakutsk you see the Yakutsk and also the Tonguse who are more personable than the Calmucs or Monguls and more sensible : but the Yakutsk are more sensible than either They are indeed a people of good natural parts and genius : and by ...
Contents
Significance and Problems of Interpre | 32 |
Siberia in the Eighteenth Century | 63 |
The History and Editing of the Papers | 81 |
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