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Baker, lieutenant in Vancouver's expedition, [266], [270].
Baker, Mount, [270].
Baltimore, Benyowsky visits, [127].
Bancroft, Hubert Howe, cited, [241], [290], [295].
Baranof, Alexander, governor of Russian American Fur Company, [67], [167] n., [288], [301], [304], [306], [310]; character of, [316-317]; personal appearance of, [317]; early career of, [317-318]; sails to America (1790), [318]; wrecked on Oonalaska, [319-320]; builds boat and reaches Kadiak, [321]; defeats hostile Indians at Nuchek Island, [323-324]; establishes fort at Sitka, [331]; loses fort by Sitka massacre, but rebuilds and founds New Archangel (modern Sitka), [332-333]; in old age deposed from governorship, [335-336]; death of, [337].
Baranof Castle, Sitka, [301].
Barber, Captain, at Sitka, [310].
Barclay, English sea-captain, [224], [227], [254], [264], [272].
Barnes, sailor with Gray, [230].
Barrell, Joseph, [211], [215], [229], [241].
Bassof, otter hunter, [82-83].
Begg, cited, [290] n.
Behm Canal, [286].
Benyowsky, Mauritius, Polish exile to Kamchatka, [108-110]; career of, at Bolcheresk, [113-122]; escapes to sea on pirate cruise, [122]; meets Ochotyn at Bering Island, [123-124]; visits Alaska, [125]; adventures of, in Luzon, Formosa, and China, [126-127]; holds French commission in Madagascar, [137]; returns to Europe, goes to Baltimore, and is sent on filibustering expedition to Madagascar, [127]; death of, [127-128]; authorities for, [128] n.
Berg, cited, [11] n., [22] n., [129], [295].
Bering, Anna, [8] n.
Bering, Jonas, [8] n.
Bering, Thomas, [22] n.
Bering, Unos, [22].
Bering, Vitus Ivanovich, birth and early history of, [8]; commissioned by Peter the Great to explore waters between Russia and America, [8-10]; first expedition of (1725-1730), [10-12]; second expedition undertaken by, [12]; difficulties of, with scientists about "Gamaland," [13-15], [19], [22], [24]; arrival of expedition of, at Okhotsk, [16]; start of, from Avacha Bay, Kamchatka (1741), [17]; cruise of, in St. Peter, [22-45]; landfall at Kyak Island, [26-27], [47] n.; Mt. St. Elias discovered by, [26]; exploration of coast of Alaskan peninsula by, [28-36]; forced to winter at Commander Islands, [35-36]; death of, [54]; summary of work of, [55-56], [61]; conclusions of, rejected by scientists, [172-173]; mentioned in connection with other explorers, [183], [184] n., [239], [263], [264]; Cook verifies conclusions of, [189-194].
Bering Bay, [288].
Bering Island, [37-45], [97], [123-124], [300], [315].
Betshevin, Siberian merchant, [84], [87].
Bidarkas, fur hunters' boats, [67].
Billings, Joseph, [254], [258], [259-261].
Boit, John, [230].
Bolcheresk, capital of Kamchatka, [113-114]; description of, [114]; Benyowsky's career at, [114-122].
Boston, interest at, in Gray's expeditions, [215-216], [229-230], [240-241].
"Bostons" (Bostonnais), Indians call all Americans, [210].
Brazil, Drake's lost sailors in, [152].
Bristol Bay, [193].
Broughton, Lieutenant, [266], [271], [279], [280], [281]; Voyage by, cited, [295] n.
Brown, Samuel, of Boston, [211], [229].
Brown, Dr. William, Ledyard travels with, [258-259].
Bulfinch, Charles, [211], [212]; daughter of, named "Columbia," [240].
Bulfinch, Dr., of Boston, [211], [241].
Burney, Voyages by, [295] n.
Burrard Inlet, [273].
Burroughs, John, cited, [72] n.
Bute Inlet, [274].