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John Ledyard
BornNovember 1751
Groton, Connecticut
Died10 January 1789 (1789-01-11) (aged 37)
Cairo, Egypt
NationalityAmerican
EducationDartmouth College
OccupationExplorer

John Ledyard (November 1751 – 10 January 1789) was an American explorer and adventurer.

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John Ledyard

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John Ledyard (November 1751 – 10 January 1789) was an American explorer and adventurer. Ledyard was born in Groton, Connecticut, in November 1751. He...

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Death of James Cook

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time of Cook's initial departure. John Ledyard was the only American aboard Cook's ship during this time. Ledyard was present during the events leading...

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William Ledyard

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the Ledyard Colonels, and a road in the town of Ledyard is named Colonel Ledyard Highway. William Ledyard's nephew was noted explorer John Ledyard. The...

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Lewis and Clark Expedition

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the continent. In the 1780s, while Minister to France, Jefferson met John Ledyard in Paris, where they discussed a possible trip to the Pacific Northwest...

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African Association

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first explorer recruited for travel to Africa was an American named John Ledyard. He had traveled around the world with Captain Cook and been acquainted...

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Ledyard Bridge

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bridge at this crossing to bear the name of the adventurer John Ledyard. The first "Ledyard Free Bridge" was a covered bridge built in 1859 that was the...

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Third voyage of James Cook

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Cleveley, brother of artists John and Robert, served as carpenter George Dixon served on Resolution as armourer John Ledyard, an American who served as...

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Mount Rainier

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overland route that crossed the Rocky Mountains. The first American, John Ledyard, reached the region aboard Captain Cook's ship in 1778. By 1787, six...

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James Cook

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1985 Obeyesekere 1992 Obeyesekere 1997 Sparks, Jared (1847). Life of John Ledyard, American Traveller. C. C. Little and J. Brown. pp. 136–139. Archived...

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Krakatoa

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the island as "friendly" and made several sketches (In his journal, John Ledyard calls the island "Cocoterra"). In 1780, crew members of HMS Discovery...

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Avachinsky

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slopes of the Avachinsky. In his Journal of Captain Cook's Last Voyage, John Ledyard records the eruption of Avachinsky on 15 June 1779. He refers to Koryaksky...

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Mauna Loa

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west coast, Cook returned to the island in 1779. On his second visit John Ledyard, a corporal of the Royal Marines aboard HMS Resolution, proposed and...

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List of explorers

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American 20th Sierra Nevada Albert von Le Coq German 19th/20th Central Asia John Ledyard American 18th Australasia, Oceania, Russia Miguel López de Legazpi Spanish...

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Corps of Discovery

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foundations for the Corps of Discovery were laid when Thomas Jefferson met John Ledyard to discuss a proposed expedition to the Pacific Northwest in the 1780s...

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Tattoo

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subsequent voyages other crew members, from officers, such as American John Ledyard, to ordinary seamen, were tattooed. The first documented professional...

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History of Hawaii

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leave King behind, as a great honor. American adventurer and sailor John Ledyard commented in detail about the tradition. Land was divided in accord with...

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Kealakekua Bay

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given much food and gifts from the island and treated as honored guests. John Ledyard, the only American on board Cook's third voyage, gives a detailed account...

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List of Dartmouth College alumni

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the original on June 12, 2018. Retrieved June 10, 2018. Evans, Jay. "John Ledyard". Dartmouth Outing Club. Archived from the original on July 12, 2007...

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Jared Sparks

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Independent Church in Baltimore. (1819) Memoirs of the Life and Travels of John Ledyard (1828); The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution (12...

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John Lewis

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July 17, 2020. King, Tom Vanden Brook, Deborah Barfield Berry and Ledyard. "Rep. John Lewis, a civil rights icon who began pushing for racial justice in...

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John Kasich

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Wayback Machine, Huffington Post (July 26, 2015). Deirdre Shesgreen & Ledyard King, Kasich: Ohio to keep sanctions against Iran Archived March 17, 2016...

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