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An interpreter on La Pérouse's round-the-world expedition, Jean-Baptiste-Barthélemy de Lesseps (17661834) 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.

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Travels, from the departure from Poustaretsk to the return to Versailles; Vocabulary of the Kamschadale, Koriac, Tchouktchi, and Lamout languages; Vocabulary of the Kamschadale language at St Peter and St Paul's, and at Paratounka.

Travels in Kamtschatka

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    A Paperback by Jean-Baptiste-Barthélemy de Lesseps

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      Publisher: Cambridge University Press
      Publication Date: 10/31/2013 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781108062831, 978-1108062831
      ISBN10: 1108062830

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      An interpreter on La Pérouse's round-the-world expedition, Jean-Baptiste-Barthélemy de Lesseps (17661834) 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.

      Table of Contents
      Travels, from the departure from Poustaretsk to the return to Versailles; Vocabulary of the Kamschadale, Koriac, Tchouktchi, and Lamout languages; Vocabulary of the Kamschadale language at St Peter and St Paul's, and at Paratounka.

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