Travels in Kamtschatka : During the Years 1787 and 1788
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Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1108062822
ISBN-13
9781108062824
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
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Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 31st, 2013
Print length
304 Pages
Weight
400 grams
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13.80 x 21.70 x 2.10 cms
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European historyEuropean history
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An interpreter on La Pérouse's round-the-world expedition, Jean-Baptiste-Barthélemy de Lesseps (1766–1834) was disembarked on the eastern coast of the Kamchatka peninsula in 1787 and trusted with bringing expedition reports overland to France. This two-volume work, published in 1790 and translated from French, gives a compelling account of his journey.
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 1 covers his journey from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky to the north-eastern extremity of the Sea of Okhotsk.
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