John Lederer, a German physician, undertook three trips through Virginia and North Carolina 1669-1670.  His third trip, in particular, might be of interest to Germanna historians.  It began at the falls of the Rappahannock and proceeded west to the Shenandoah Valley.  It is said that he saw the Appalachians, but from reading his description of the trip I did not get the impression that he actually traveled to the Appalachians.  John Lederer undertook these trips with the permission of Sir William Berkeley, then Governor of Virginia. He wrote his journal in Latin and it was translated into English by Sir William Talbot of Maryland.  Arrangements were made for its publication in 1672 in London.  Did those who traveled in the area in later years read or hear about his travels?  Suzanne Collins Matson