John Ledyard's Journey Through Russia and Siberia, 1787-1788, Volume 2University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1964 - 698 pages |
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Page 223
... observation may appear trivial to an European . I observe also that I am not fond of trivial observations . I have observed from Petersburg to /p.28/ this place & here more than any where that the Russians in general have very few moral ...
... observation may appear trivial to an European . I observe also that I am not fond of trivial observations . I have observed from Petersburg to /p.28/ this place & here more than any where that the Russians in general have very few moral ...
Page 263
... observed this on any of the Islands I have visited except new Holland , where however I did not go far enough inland to make the Observation compleat.179 I must confess that in travelling thro ' the interior parts of Countries in a ...
... observed this on any of the Islands I have visited except new Holland , where however I did not go far enough inland to make the Observation compleat.179 I must confess that in travelling thro ' the interior parts of Countries in a ...
Page 274
... observations would have been perfect . The Mouths of the Kovyma are in 69 & 69.30 N Latitude ] by Captain Billings observation & by his Journal the Ice was 4 & 5 feet thick only . I was induced to think from this Circumstance when first ...
... observations would have been perfect . The Mouths of the Kovyma are in 69 & 69.30 N Latitude ] by Captain Billings observation & by his Journal the Ice was 4 & 5 feet thick only . I was induced to think from this Circumstance when first ...
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