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.>
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| Titolo: |
The making of John Ledyard : empire and ambition in the life of an early American traveler / / Edward G. Gray
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| 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 |
| B | |
| 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 |
| ISBN: | 1-281-73525-6 |
| 9786611735258 | |
| 0-300-13781-8 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910810551703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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