BERING'S VOYAGES
VOLUME II
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AMJRICAN GEO~RAPHICAL sociEtY
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RESEARCH SERIES NO. 2
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BERING'S VOYAGES
An Account of the Efforts of the Russians to
Determine the Relation of Asia and America
BY
F. A. GOLDER
IN TWO VOLUMES
VOLUME II:
AMERICAN GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY
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COPYRIGHT,
1925
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THE AMERICAN GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY
OF NEW YORK
Reprinted 1935
DOUGLAS C. :M:CM:UJtTlliE
NEW YORK
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LOaD IALTIM:OI. <...> Page
Facsimile of page from published version of Steller's journal to illustrate editorial changes from the MS by Pallas
164
Reduced facsin1ile of (approximately corresponding) fol. 76
of MS copy of Steller's journal . . . . . . . . . . .
165
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Reduced facsimile of fol. 77 of MS copy of Steller's journal
166
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Sketch of Copper Island seen from Bering Island . . . .
175
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The harbor of Petropavlovsk seen from the north . facing 186
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The monument to Bering in Petropavlovsk . . . . facing 186
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M t. Steller, the highest mountain on Bering Island . facing 194
25
Cape Manati, the southeastern cape of Bering Island
facing 195
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26 Steller's Arch, on western shore of Bering Island . . facing 195
27 Yushin's Valley on western shore of the southern end of
Bering Island . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . facing
202
28
Steller makes the first measurement of a sea cow, Bering
Island, july 12 (0. <...> Pl.
I Photograph of a manuscript map prepared by Joseph
Nicolas Delisle in 1731 to show for Bering's impending
expedition what was then known of the relation of eastem Asia to America (from the archives of the Service
Hydrographique de la Marine, Paris) . . . . . facing
II
Map of Bering Island by Leonhard Stejneger, based
mainly on the author's surveys in 1882-83 and reduced,
with slight changes and additions in names, from Bull. <...> Pl. IV . . . . facing
229
248
72
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PREFACE
will be ever grateful to Bering for persuading
Steller to go with him on the St. Peter. <...> He was the only
scientist who saw a live sea cow. <...> He studied the habits <...>