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John Ledyard

Born

Groton, Connecticut, North America

Died

January 10, 1789

Genre

Travel, Memoir

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John Ledyard (1751 - 1789) was an American explorer and adventurer.

He was born in Groton, Connecticut, in November 1751. He was the first child of Abigail Youngs Ledyard and Capt. John Ledyard Jr, son of Squire John Ledyard Sr. A day or so after the child was born, Capt. John boarded his father's ship and sailed for the West Indies. Three years later Ledyard joined his grandfather in Hartford, Connecticut, where he attended school. His grandfather died just before Ledyard turned 20 (Squire Ledyard died in September 1771; grandson John III was about three months shy of 21 years of age at the Squire's death).

Ledyard briefly attended Dartmouth College (which was then only 3 years old), arriving on 22 April 1772. He left for two months without ...more

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	The Last Voyage of Captain Cook: The Collected Writings of John Ledyard by John Ledyard, James Zug (Editor) 3.43 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2005 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Life of John Ledyard, the American Traveller: Comprising Selections from his Journals and Correspondence by John Ledyard, Jared Sparks (Editor) 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2005 — 46 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	John Ledyard's Journal of Captain Cook's Last Voyage by John Ledyard, Helen Margaret Gilkey, Robert M. Storm 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1783 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Methods for Improving the Manufacture of Indigo: Originally Submitted to the Consideration of the Carolina Planters and Now Published for the Benefit ... Is Favorable to the Culture of Indigo. 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Journey through Russia and Siberia, 1787-1788: The journal and selected letters 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Journal of Captain Cook's last voyage (Oregon State monographs: Studies in history) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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