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Travels in Kamtschatka: Volume 2: During the Years 1787 and 1788: Cambridge Library Collection - East and South-East Asian History

Autor Jean-Baptiste-Barthélemy de Lesseps
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 oct 2013
Jean-Baptiste-Barthélemy de Lesseps (1766–1834), a French diplomat, served as an interpreter on La Pérouse's voyage around the world, which sailed from Brest in 1785. In 1787, on the eastern coast of the Kamchatka peninsula, he was tasked with an overland mission to get reports back to France as La Pérouse proceeded to Australia. This two-volume work, reissued here in its English translation of 1790, is a compelling account of the one-year journey from Russia to France, and a tale of endurance and resourcefulness in the face of forbidding conditions. More than a mere journal, it also relates the author's observations on the way of life in Kamchatka, its institutions and trade. Rich in detail, the work will appeal to historians and readers with an interest in transcontinental adventure. Volume 2 covers his journey from the north-eastern extremity of the Sea of Okhotsk all the way back to France.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781108062831
ISBN-10: 1108062830
Pagini: 422
Ilustrații: black & white illustrations
Dimensiuni: 142 x 220 x 27 mm
Greutate: 0.53 kg
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Seria Cambridge Library Collection - East and South-East Asian History

Locul publicării:Cambridge, United Kingdom

Cuprins

Travels, from the departure from Poustaretsk to the return to Versailles; Vocabulary of the Kamschadale, Koriac, Tchouktchi, and Lamout languages; Vocabulary of the Kamschadale language at St Peter and St Paul's, and at Paratounka.

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Translated from French in 1790, this two-volume work offers a compelling account of a daring journey across Russia to France.