The last voyage of Captain Cook : the collected writings of John Ledyard / edited by James Zug.
The last voyage of Captain Cook : the collected writings of John Ledyard / edited by James Zug.
The last voyage of Captain Cook : the collected writings of John Ledyard / edited by James Zug.
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Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society, 2005.
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Date
2005.
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910.9164/4
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English
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p. cm.
Contents
Introduction / James Zug -- A journal of Captain Cook's last voyage -- Letters from Europe : July 1785 - May 1787 -- The Siberian journal and letters : June 1787 - May 1788 -- The Egyptian journal and letters : June 1788 - January 1789.
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Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society, 2005.
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District of Columbia
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2005.
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Finally, Ledyard's correspondence sheds light on pre-revolutionary Paris and on his friendships with the Marquis de Lafayette, Benjamin Franklin, and Sir Joseph Banks. In his short life, John Ledyard traveled farther than any American had before."--BOOK JACKET....
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The last voyage of Captain Cook : the collected writings of John Ledyard / edited by James Zug.
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910.9164/4
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0792293479
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910.9164
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