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The making of John Ledyard : empire and ambition in the life of an early American traveler / / Edward G. Gray



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Autore: Gray Edward G. <1964-2023.> Visualizza persona
Titolo: The making of John Ledyard : empire and ambition in the life of an early American traveler / / Edward G. Gray Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2007
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (1 online resource (xiii, 224 p.) ) : ill., maps
Disciplina: 910.92
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Soggetto topico: Explorers - United States
Travelers - United States
Voyages and travels - History - 18th century
Soggetto geografico: United States Description and travel
Oceania Description and travel
Russia Description and travel
Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-215) and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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 -- INDEX
Sommario/riassunto: 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.
Titolo autorizzato: The making of John Ledyard  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-281-73525-6
9786611735258
0-300-13781-8
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910810551703321
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