John Ledyard's Journey through Russia and Siberia, 1787–1788
The Journal and Selected Letters
Publication Year: 2011
Published by: University of Wisconsin Press
Contents
Preface
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pp. v-viii
T IDS BOOK presents for the first time in unabridged form John Ledyard's available writings about his journey across Russia and Siberia in 1787-88. My aim in editing these papers . . .
Illustrations
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p. xi-xi
List of Abbreviations
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pp. xiii-xiv
Introduction
1. A Biographical Sketch
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pp. 3-31
JOHN LEDYARD in all probability was the first explorer who came to consider himself a native son of the North American continent and a citizen of the young United States . . .
2. The Siberian Journey: Significance and Problems of Interpretation
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pp. 33-52
FEW IMPORTANT Americans preceded Ledyard to Russia; none of them left valuable accounts of their stay. The first was Francis Dana, minister of the Continental Congress to . . .
3. Siberia in the Eighteenth Century
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pp. 53-80
AS BACKGROUND for following Ledyard's journey through Siberia, I shall here briefly summarize general developments and conditions throughout this vast subcontinent . . .
4. The History and Editing of the Papers
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pp. 81-87
THE CHIEF SOURCE of information about Ledyard's journey through Russia and Siberia is the journal he kept from the time of his departure from St. Petersburg on . . .
The Journal and the Letters
Letters and Other Documents Written before Ledyard's Departure and during the Journey Eastward: February 1786–December 18/29, 1787
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pp. 91-141
it appears that no one has been concerned at all about getting the voyage underway which I had spoken of to the marshal . . .
The Siberian Journal: June 1787–April 1788
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pp. 142-232
June 1st 1787} After having been three months in Petersburg, I left it in company with Mr William Brown physician, who was going as far as the Province of Kolyvan to . . .
Letters and Other Documents Written after the Order for Ledyard's Arrest Was Issued: December 18/29, 1787–1821
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pp. 233-261
At Yakutsk we found, to our great surprise, Mr. Ledyard, an old companion of Captain Billings, in Cook's voyage round the world; he then served in the capacity of a . . .
Bibliography
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pp. 265-279
Index
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pp. 281-293
E-ISBN-13: 9780299042233
Print-ISBN-13: 9780299042240
Page Count: 308
Publication Year: 2011
Edition: 1st paperback
