Book/Printed Material A journal of Captain Cook's last voyage to the Pacific Ocean, and in quest of a North-west passage between Asia & America, performed in the years 1776, 1777, 1778, and 1779 : illustrated with a chart shewing the tracts of the ships employed in this expedition

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Title

  • A journal of Captain Cook's last voyage to the Pacific Ocean, and in quest of a North-west passage between Asia & America, performed in the years 1776, 1777, 1778, and 1779 : illustrated with a chart shewing the tracts of the ships employed in this expedition

Summary

  • The American explorer and adventurer John Ledyard was born in Groton, Connecticut, in 1751. After studying briefly at Dartmouth College, he went to sea as a common sailor. He was forced to join the British Navy, and from June 1776 to October 1780 was a marine on Captain James Cook's third voyage to the Pacific. This book recounts his observations of Alaska, Kamchatka, southern China, and the islands of the South Pacific. Ledyard later conceived of a plan to cross Russia, continue across the Bering Strait to Alaska, and eventually reach Virginia by traversing all of North America. He set out from St. Petersburg in June 1787 and made it as far as Irkutsk before he was arrested as a French spy and deported from Russia. He died in Cairo, aged 37, while attempting to organize an expedition across Africa from the Red Sea to the Atlantic Ocean. Ledyard was one of the first individuals to hypothesize that the aboriginal peoples of Asia and the Americas are closely related to each other. World Digital Library.

Names

  • Ledyard, John, 1751-1789.
  • Jefferson Exhibit Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Oliver Wolcott Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Hartford [Conn.] : Printed and sold by Nathaniel Patten ..., MDCCLXXXIII [1783]

Headings

  • -  Cook, James,--1728-1779--Travel--Pacific area
  • -  Northwest Passage
  • -  Voyages around the world--Early works to 1800
  • -  Connecticut--Hartford

Notes

  • -  LC copy has the folded plate (a map) in pocket, p. [2] of cover. With inscriptions: F.W. Lepcan; Abigail G. Southack, not her book, 1796; Captain Loepean.
  • -  Signatures: [A]⁴ B-U⁴ W⁴ X-2B⁴.
  • -  English Short Title Catalogue, W27492
  • -  Evans, C. American bibliography, 17998
  • -  Sowerby, E.M. Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson, 3940
  • -  LC copy has inscription: Eliza B. Southack, her book 1799.
  • -  G420.C72L3 Copy 1 transferred from the American Imprint Collection to the Jefferson Exhibit Collection. he04 2019-05-14. gsl reports incorrect title for no. 1 in the Wolcott Pamphlet copy (AC901.W7 vol. 13 no. 1), indicating the 2nd pamphlet in the volume is the first, and not giving a card for this title. he04 2019-06-05
  • -  LAC knj 2019-06-19 no edits (1 card)

Medium

  • 208 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : map (engraving) ; 18 cm (8vo)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G420.C72 L3
  • AC901 .W7 vol. 13, no. 1 Copy 1 Imperfect: map wanting, replaced by photostatic reproduction.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 05039321

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Ledyard, John, Jefferson Exhibit Collection, and Oliver Wolcott Pamphlet Collection. A journal of Captain Cook's last voyage to the Pacific Ocean, and in quest of a North-west passage between Asia & America, performed in the years , 1777, 1778, and 1779: illustrated with a chart shewing the tracts of the ships employed in this expedition. [Hartford Conn.: Printed and sold by Nathaniel Patten ..., MDCCLXXXIII, 1783] Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/05039321/.

APA citation style:

Ledyard, J., Jefferson Exhibit Collection & Oliver Wolcott Pamphlet Collection. (1783) A journal of Captain Cook's last voyage to the Pacific Ocean, and in quest of a North-west passage between Asia & America, performed in the years , 1777, 1778, and 1779: illustrated with a chart shewing the tracts of the ships employed in this expedition. [Hartford Conn.: Printed and sold by Nathaniel Patten ..., MDCCLXXXIII] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/05039321/.

MLA citation style:

Ledyard, John, Jefferson Exhibit Collection, and Oliver Wolcott Pamphlet Collection. A journal of Captain Cook's last voyage to the Pacific Ocean, and in quest of a North-west passage between Asia & America, performed in the years , 1777, 1778, and 1779: illustrated with a chart shewing the tracts of the ships employed in this expedition. [Hartford Conn.: Printed and sold by Nathaniel Patten ..., MDCCLXXXIII, 1783] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/05039321/>.