The Life Of John Ledyard, The American Traveller: Comprising Selections From His Journals And Correspondence -

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Cambridge: Hilliard and Brown, 1828. Inoffensive stain on upper cover, generally very good.. Octavo, (7, ads, at front), xii, 325pp. Original boards untrimmed, newly rebacked in cloth with new paper label. First edition of this biography of John Ledyard, the American who sailed as sergeant of marines in the Resolution on Cook's third voyage: 'one of the great American biographies' (Forbes). Ledyard was the author of one of the scarcer - if less reliable - surreptitious accounts of Cook's voyage (published Hartford, 1783). In every sense, this biography is a necessary companion to the original work and a significant addition to the Cook canon as a substantial portion of the text relates to Cook's third voyage, with important original letters as well as critical comments on Ledyard's narrative found nowhere else. In his later life Ledyard travelled to Europe, Siberia and Africa, meeting with figures such as Sir Joseph Banks and Thomas Jefferson. Shortly after his death in Egypt in 1789, his cousin, Dr… Read More