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John Lederer was a 17th-century German physician and an explorer of the Appalachian Mountains. He and the members of his party became the first Europeans to crest the Blue Ridge Mountains (1669) and the first to see the Shenandoah Valley and the Allegheny Mountains beyond.
The first European to reach the top of the Blue Ridge was not English but a German physician, John Lederer. He went on three expeditions to the Blue Ridge between 1669-1670. He had received a commission from Governor William Berkeley.
Dec 7, 2015 · Explorer John Lederer, a German physician interested in trading with the Indians, was the first European to journey into the mountains of Virginia. Commissioned by Governor William Berkeley to find a way through the Appalachian barrier, Lederer made three expeditions in 1669-70.
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Explorer John Lederer, a German physician interested in trading with the Indians, was the first European to journey into the mountains of Virginia. Commissioned by Governor William Berkeley to find a way through the Appalachian barrier, Lederer made three expeditions in 1669-70.
This thesis seeks to explore and explain the role of John Lederer, a German physician and expedition leader, in the creation of the colony of Virginia. Lederer led three expeditions into the western mountains of Virginia in the years 1670-71, and was the first European to document his expeditions in writing.
- Richard Jason Burns
- 2006
John Lederer was the pioneer for German settlements in Virginia. His geographical explorations reserved the fantasies of the times. No mountain peak is named after Lederer; no roadway records his journey along the now industrialized Piedmont route that he helped open to commerce.
Dr. John Lederer travelled with a Major Harris on his second journey, from the falls of the James to Carolina southwest of modern-day Petersburg. The start of the trip showed Lederer's willingness to listen to the Native Americans in contrast to the Englishman's.
