Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-215) and index.
Contents:
A colonial childhood -- On stage at Dartmouth College -- Serving Captain Cook with honor -- Seeking distinction with the pen aboard the Resolution -- Following the Revolution home -- From author to fur trader -- Becoming a traveler in Thomas Jefferson's Paris -- Across the Russian empire -- Despotism and human nature in Catherine II's Russia -- To Africa.
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