Journey Through Russia and Siberia, 1787-1788: The Journal and Selected LettersUniversity of Wisconsin Press, 1966 - 293 pages |
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... idea not only of Ledyard's proceeding to Kamchatka from Western Eu- rope in order to reach the west coast of America but of his crossing North America as well . In a biographical sketch of Meriwether Lewis , written in 1813 , Jefferson ...
... idea not only of Ledyard's proceeding to Kamchatka from Western Eu- rope in order to reach the west coast of America but of his crossing North America as well . In a biographical sketch of Meriwether Lewis , written in 1813 , Jefferson ...
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... Idea . Time itself which produces effects so different in other Matters is here an Argument against itself & strengthens the Idea that I hope will at last destroy it . It had however effects different [ p . 146 ] than the mere ...
... Idea . Time itself which produces effects so different in other Matters is here an Argument against itself & strengthens the Idea that I hope will at last destroy it . It had however effects different [ p . 146 ] than the mere ...
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... Idea how dear fur dresses are even in the remotest parts of the vast dominions of Russia . These cloaths were not all that I wore last winter in Siberia : I wore many more & froze my nose & ears after all . You have no Idea of the ...
... Idea how dear fur dresses are even in the remotest parts of the vast dominions of Russia . These cloaths were not all that I wore last winter in Siberia : I wore many more & froze my nose & ears after all . You have no Idea of 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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