Download or read book Life of John Ledyard the American Traveler written by Jared Sparks and published by . This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Life of John Ledyard the American Traveller written by Jared Sparks and published by Cosimo, Inc.. This book was released on 2007-06-01 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Life of John Ledyard the American Traveller In executing this work, the only aim has been to bring together a series of facts which should do justice to the fame and character of a man, who possessed qualities and performed deeds, that rendered him remarkable, and are worthy of being remembered. If the author has been successful in this attempt, he is rewarded for the labor it has cost him. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Download or read book The Life of John Ledyard the American Traveller written by Jared Sparks and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a biography of John Ledyard, an American explorer and adventurer who traveled extensively in the 18th century. Written by Jared Sparks, a prominent historian and biographer of the time, the book offers a detailed look at Ledyard's life and travels, shedding light on the challenges and opportunities of travel and exploration in the early years of the American republic. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book The Last Voyage of Captain Cook written by John Ledyard and published by National Geographic. This book was released on 2005 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ledyard's Siberian journals recount a harrowing journey through Russia under the rule of Catherine the Great, while his diary from Alexandria and Cairo provides a brilliant and rare account of Egypt before Napoleon's invasion. 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."--Jacket.
Download or read book American Traveler written by James Zug and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2005 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The riveting story of John Ledyard, a uniquely American pioneer and influential character, describes the remarkable travels of the eighteenth-century New Englander who accompanied Captain Cook on his final voyage, attempted to locate the source of the Niger River, dreamed of traveling solo around the world, and became the first American to see Alaska, Hawaii, and America's west coast. 30,000 first printing.
Download or read book The Making of John Ledyard written by Edward G. Gray and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2008-10-01 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the course of his short but extraordinary life, John Ledyard (1751–1789) came in contact with some of the most remarkable figures of his era: the British explorer Captain James Cook, American financier Robert Morris, Revolutionary naval commander John Paul Jones, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and others. Ledyard lived and traveled in remarkable places as well, journeying from the New England backcountry to Tahiti, Hawaii, the American Northwest coast, Alaska, and the Russian Far East. In this engaging biography, the historian Edward Gray offers not only a full account of Ledyard’s eventful life but also an illuminating view of the late eighteenth-century world in which he lived. Ledyard was both a product of empire and an agent in its creation, Gray shows, and through this adventurer’s life it is possible to discern the many ways empire shaped the lives of nations, peoples, and individuals in the era of the American Revolution, the world’s first modern revolt against empire.
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