Journey Through Russia and Siberia, 1787-1788: The Journal and Selected LettersUniversity of Wisconsin Press, 1966 - 293 pages |
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... skin gloves with hare lining , and a reindeer - skin frock from the Kolyma Valley . He sent to Isaac to hold for him the cloak he had 40. Ledyard wrote that Billings arrived in Yakutsk on November 24 , while Sauer said November 13. If ...
... skin gloves with hare lining , and a reindeer - skin frock from the Kolyma Valley . He sent to Isaac to hold for him the cloak he had 40. Ledyard wrote that Billings arrived in Yakutsk on November 24 , while Sauer said November 13. If ...
Page 246
... skin & edged with the dewlap of the moose : perhaps you will wear this yourself in winter : it is made for a riding ... skin : it cost me at Yakutsk on the banks of the great river Lena 25 roubles which is 4 guineas & one rouble.12 The ...
... skin & edged with the dewlap of the moose : perhaps you will wear this yourself in winter : it is made for a riding ... skin : it cost me at Yakutsk on the banks of the great river Lena 25 roubles which is 4 guineas & one rouble.12 The ...
Page 247
... skin & ornamented with European cloath . The form is Tartar they cost 8 robles : the socks for the boots N ° 7. are made of the old rein deer skin : they are worn the inside of the boots with the hair to the feet ; with or without ...
... skin & ornamented with European cloath . The form is Tartar they cost 8 robles : the socks for the boots N ° 7. are made of the old rein deer skin : they are worn the inside of the boots with the hair to the feet ; with or without ...
Contents
A Biographical Sketch | 3 |
Significance and Problems of Interpre | 32 |
Siberia in the Eighteenth Century | 53 |
Copyright | |
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