John Ledyard's Journey Through Russia and Siberia, 1787-1788, Volume 2University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1964 - 698 pages |
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Page 230
... Billings's Command from the River Kovyma arrived here the beginning of this month ( Nov 1787 ) & I went to live with him a few days after at his lodgings as one of his Family & his Friend.124 Captain Billings Mistress Is ill , partly ...
... Billings's Command from the River Kovyma arrived here the beginning of this month ( Nov 1787 ) & I went to live with him a few days after at his lodgings as one of his Family & his Friend.124 Captain Billings Mistress Is ill , partly ...
Page 232
... Billings at Yakutsk is a circum- that gives a turn to my affairs . I have before had no occasion to write Journialment.127 I now commence . Captain Billings is last from the Kovyma River where he has some small Cutter built vessels in ...
... Billings at Yakutsk is a circum- that gives a turn to my affairs . I have before had no occasion to write Journialment.127 I now commence . Captain Billings is last from the Kovyma River where he has some small Cutter built vessels in ...
Page 325
... Billings , in Cook's voyage round the world ; he then served in the capacity of a corporal , but now called himself an American colonel , and wished to cross over to the American Continent with our Expedition , for the purpose of ...
... Billings , in Cook's voyage round the world ; he then served in the capacity of a corporal , but now called himself an American colonel , and wished to cross over to the American Continent with our Expedition , for the purpose of ...
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