John Ledyard's Journey Through Russia and Siberia, 1787-1788, Volume 2University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1964 - 698 pages |
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Page 183
... idea of these rivers : tho he could not make me un- derstand him , what part of the Yennessy he meant , as being 3000 Archuns ( about 3 miles english ) wide and above 80 fathoms deep : but even suppose he meant at its arrival at Ocean ...
... idea of these rivers : tho he could not make me un- derstand him , what part of the Yennessy he meant , as being 3000 Archuns ( about 3 miles english ) wide and above 80 fathoms deep : but even suppose he meant at its arrival at Ocean ...
Page 242
... Idea.148 I wish I could assert upon better authority than my own suspi- cions that Wampum works contain Hieroglyphics . The Scoundrel Kara- myschew of Irkutsk was the first that I have seen who coincided with me in that Idea . I had ...
... Idea.148 I wish I could assert upon better authority than my own suspi- cions that Wampum works contain Hieroglyphics . The Scoundrel Kara- myschew of Irkutsk was the first that I have seen who coincided with me in that Idea . I had ...
Page 276
... Idea & say that if this proportion does not in sort exist that the thickness /p.135/ of the Ice in a River near the Pole would be only 20 Inches thicker , but what can be inferred from this That Ice in different situations is of ...
... Idea & say that if this proportion does not in sort exist that the thickness /p.135/ of the Ice in a River near the Pole would be only 20 Inches thicker , but what can be inferred from this That Ice in different situations is of ...
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