http://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0308183
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is part of: British Columbia Historical Books Collection
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issued: 2016-04-26
issued: 1834
description: "An anonymously published edition." -- Strathern, G. M., & Edwards, M. H. (1970). Navigations, traffiques & discoveries, 1774-1848: A guide to publications relating to the area now British Columbia. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, p. 277.
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extent: xii, 428 pages; 21 cm
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note: TRAVELS AND ADVENTURES OF JOHN LEDYARD; COMPRISING HIS VOYAGE WITH CAPT. COOKS THIRD AND LAS! EXPEDITION; HIS JOURNEY ON FOOT 1300 MILES ROUND THE GULF OF BOTHNIA TO ST. PETERSBURGH; HIS ADVENTURES AND RESIDENCE IN SIBERIA AND HIS EXPLORATORY MISSION TO AFRICA. SECOND EDITION. I O L. LONDON: PUBLISHED FOR HENRY COLBURN BY R. BENTLEY. SOLD BY ALL BOOKSELLERS. 1834. PREFACE. Soon after the death of John Ledyard, the subject of the following Memoir, some progress was made in col- lectins materials for an account of his life, by Dr. Isaac Ledyard, then of New York. The biographer's task was never begun, however, and the project was abandoned; but the papers procured for the purpose have been preserved by the family of Dr. Ledyard, and have furnished the facts for much the larger portion of the present narrative. Researches have also been made in other quarters, and important original letters obtained. Particular acknowledgment is due to Mr. Henry Seymour, of Hartford, Connecticut, for the aid he has rendered in this respect. All the papers that have been used are entitled to the credit of unquestionable authenticity. Wherever it could be done, without deviating too much from a regular and proportionate train of events, the traveller has been allowed to speak for himself. His manner of thinking, as well as of acting, was so peculiar, A r ■HlfcMiSI ■Mi VI PREFACE. that a true picture of his mind and genius, his motives and feelings, could with difficulty be exhibited in any other way with so much distinctness, as through the medium of his own language. Free and full selections from his letters and journals are interspersed. His incessant activity, want of leisure, and few opportunities of practising composition as an art, afford an apology for the imperfections of his style, which the candid reader will regard in the favourable light it deserves. His diction is never polished, and his words are not always well chosen; but his ideas are often original, copious, well combin…
note: Edition: Second edition. Other copes: http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/932924102
has type: Books
has type: Travel literature
identifier: FC3821.2491.L3 S7 1834
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0308183
language: English
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: London : R. Bentley
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source: Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. FC3821.2491.L3 S7 1834
subject: Ledyard, John, 1751-1789
subject: Voyages around the world
subject: Siberia (Russia)--Description and travel
title: Travels and adventures of John Ledyard, comprising his voyage with Capt. Cook's third and last expedition, his journey on foot 1300 miles round the Gulf of Bothnia to St. Petersburgh, his adventures and residence in Siberia and his exploratory mission to Africa
type: Text