John Ledyard (1751–1789)
Autor/a de The Last Voyage of Captain Cook : the Collected Writings of John Ledyard
Sobre l'autor
Crèdit de la imatge: public domain
Obres de John Ledyard
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Nom normalitzat
- Ledyard, John
- Data de naixement
- 1751
- Data de defunció
- 1789-01-10
- Lloc d'enterrament
- buried in the sand dunes lining the Nile
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- USA
- Lloc de naixement
- Groton, Connecticut, USA
- Lloc de defunció
- Cairo, Egypt
- Llocs de residència
- Connecticut, USA
- Educació
- Dartmouth College
- Professions
- explorer
- Organitzacions
- Royal Navy (Royal Marines)
Membres
Ressenyes
Potser també t'agrada
Autors associats
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 5
- Membres
- 64
- Popularitat
- #264,968
- Valoració
- 5.0
- Ressenyes
- 1
- ISBN
- 3
Besides being a very tough man he was singularly unprejudiced for the times. He felt that Captain Cook created the circumstances that led to his killing. He believed that men were of different colors due to natural causes, that all men were of one family and the Russian Tartars and American Indians were related. He saw the native peoples he met as fairly and clearly as anyone could have at the time. He did not denigrate them or consider them inferior. He was remarkably clear-sighted for the time in which he lived.
After his voyage with Cook he attempted to cross Russia with the intention of traveling on to cross North America. If he had not been stopped by Catherine the Great it is possible that he would have made the trip and could have changed the course of history.
John Ledyard was an educated man and for the most part his journals are very readable. He was never able to edit the journals so there are syntax and grammar problems but they are not too serious. The end notes are very useful, however. I can recommend the book as a fascinating look at the explorations of a man now almost completely unknown.… (més)