See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

JOHN See also:

• JOHN LEDYARD (1751–1789)

LEDYARD (1751–1789)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American traveller, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in Groton, See also:

• CONNECTICUT

Connecticut, U.S.A . After vainly trying See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law and See also:

• THEOLOGY

theology, See also:

• LEDYARD, JOHN (1751–1789)

Ledyard adopted a See also:

• SEAMAN, OWEN (1861– )

seaman's See also:

• LIFE

life, and, coming to See also:

• LONDON

London, was engaged as See also:

• CORPORAL

corporal of See also:

• MARINES (from Lat. mare, sea)

marines by See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

Captain See also:

• COOK
• COOK, ALBERT STANBURROUGH (1853– )
• COOK, EDWARD DUTTON (1829–1883)
• COOK, ELIZA (1818–1889)
• COOK, JAMES (1728-1779)
• COOK, THOMAS (1808-1892)

Cook for his third voyage (1776) . On his return (1778) Ledyard had to give up to the See also:

• ADMIRALTY, HIGH COURT OF

Admiralty his copious See also:

• JOURNALS

journals, but afterwards published, from memory, a meagre narrative of his experiences—herein giving the only See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of Cook's See also:

• DEATH

death by an See also:

• EYE
• EYE (O. Eng. edge, Ger. Auge; derived from an Indo-European root also seen in Lat. oc-ulus, the organ of vision (q.v.)

eye-See also:

• WITNESS
• WITNESS (from O. Eng. witan, to know)

witness (See also:

• HARTFORD

Hartford, U.S.A., 1783) . He continued in the See also:

• BRITISH

British service till 1782, when he escaped, off See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

Long See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

Island . In 1784 he revisited See also:

• EUROPE

Europe, to organize an expedition to the American See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North-See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West . Having failed in his attempts, he decided to reach his See also:

• GOAL

goal by travelling across Europe and See also:

• ASIA

Asia . Baffled in his hopes of See also:

• CROSSING

crossing the Baltic on the See also:

• ICE (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Eis)

ice (See also:

• STOCKHOLM

Stockholm to See also:

• ABO (Finnish Turku)

Abo), he walked right See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round from Stockholm to St See also:

• PETERSBURG

Petersburg, where he arrived barefoot and penniless (See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1787) . Here he made See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends with See also:

• PALLAS, PETER SIMON (1741–1811)

Pallas and others, and accompanied Dr See also:

• BROWN
• BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
• BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
• BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
• BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
• BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
• BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
• BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
• BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
• BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
• BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
• BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
• BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
• BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
• BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
• BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
• BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
• BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
• BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
• BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
• BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
• BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
• BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)

Brown, a Scotch physician in the See also:

• RUSSIAN

Russian service, to See also:

• SIBERIA

Siberia . Ledyard See also:

• LEFT

left Dr Brown at See also:

• BARNAUL

Barnaul, went on to See also:

• TOMSK

Tomsk and See also:

• IRKUTSK

Irkutsk, visited See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

Lake See also:

• BAIKAL (known to the Mongols as Dalai-nor, and to the Turkish tribes as Bai-kul)

Baikal, and descended the See also:

• LENA

Lena to See also:

• YAKUTSK

Yakutsk (18th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1787) . With Captain See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

Joseph Billings, whom he had known on Cook's " See also:

• RESOLUTION

Resolution," he returned to Irkutsk, where he was arrested, deported to the See also:

• POLISH

Polish frontier, and banished from See also:

• RUSSIA
• RUSSIA (Rossiya)

Russia for ever . Reaching London, he was engaged by See also:

• SIR

Sir Joseph See also:

• BANKS, GEORGE LINNAEUS (1821-1881)
• BANKS, NATHANIEL PRENTISS (1816–1894)
• BANKS, SIR JOSEPH
• BANKS, THOMAS (1735-1805)

Banks and the See also:

• AFRICAN

African Association to explore overland routes from See also:

• ALEXANDRIA
• ALEXANDRIA (Arab. Iskenderia)

Alexandria to the See also:

• NIGER
• NIGER, GAIUS PESCENNIUS

Niger, but in See also:

• CAIRO
• CAIRO (Arabic Misr-al-Kahira, or simply Misr)

Cairo he succumbed to a dose 1 See also:

• ARAGO, DOMINIQUE FRANCOIS JEAN (1786-1853)

Arago, Gamier-Pages, See also:

• MARIE

Marie, Lamartine, and Ledru-See also:

• ROLLIN, CHARLES (1661-1741)

Rollin . of See also:

• VITRIOL

vitriol (17th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1789) .

Though a born explorer, little "resulted from his immense but See also:

• ILL

ill-directed activities . See See also:

• MEMOIRS

Memoirs of the Life and Travels of See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John Ledyard, by Jared See also:

• SPARKS, JARED (1789-1866)

Sparks (1828) .