03834nam 2200697Ia 450 991045194710332120210527003627.01-281-73525-697866117352580-300-13781-810.12987/9780300137811(CKB)1000000000477744(StDuBDS)BDZ0022168128(SSID)ssj0000195971(PQKBManifestationID)11171989(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000195971(PQKBWorkID)10129905(PQKB)11163911(StDuBDS)EDZ0000157780(MiAaPQ)EBC3420256(DE-B1597)485418(OCoLC)1023994039(DE-B1597)9780300137811(Au-PeEL)EBL3420256(CaPaEBR)ebr10190713(OCoLC)923591187(EXLCZ)99100000000047774420061006d2007 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrThe making of John Ledyard[electronic resource] empire and ambition in the life of an early American traveler /Edward G. GrayNew Haven Yale University Pressc20071 online resource (1 online resource (xiii, 224 p.) )ill., mapsBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-300-11055-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-215) and index.Front matter --CONTENTS --ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --A NOTE ON QUOTATIONS --Introduction --CHAPTER I. A Colonial Childhood --CHAPTER II. On Stage at Dartmouth College --CHAPTER III. Serving Captain Cook with Honor --CHAPTER IV. Seeking Distinction with the Pen Aboard the Resolution --CHAPTER V. Following the Revolution Home --CHAPTER VI. From Author to Fur Trader --CHAPTER VII. Becoming a Traveler in Thomas Jefferson's Paris --CHAPTER VIII. Across the Russian Empire --CHAPTER IX. Despotism and Human Nature in Catherine II's Russia --CHAPTER X. To Africa --Epilogue: MEMORIES OF THE TRAVELER --NOTES --INDEXDuring 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.ExplorersUnited StatesBiographyTravelersUnited StatesBiographyVoyages and travelsHistory18th centuryUnited StatesDescription and travelOceaniaDescription and travelRussiaDescription and travelElectronic books.ExplorersTravelersVoyages and travelsHistory910.92BGray Edward G.1964-1048848MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451947103321The making of John Ledyard2477412UNINA