ILLUSTRATIONS

[ Seal Rookery, Commander Islands ]	Frontispiece
[ Peter the Great ]	5
[ Map of Course followed by Bering ]	20-21
[ *The St. Peter* and St. Paul, from a rough sketch by Bering's comrade, Steller, the scientist** ]	29
[ Steller's Arch on Bering Island, named after the scientist Steller, of Bering's Expedition ]	39
[ A Glacier ]	46
[ Sea Cows ]	53
[ Seals in a Rookery on Bering Island ]	57
[ Mauritius Augustus, Count Benyowsky ]	109
[ Sir John Hawkins ]	135
[ Queen Elizabeth knighting Drake ]	146
[ The Golden Hind ]	151
[ Francis Drake ]	155
[ The Crowning of Drake in California ]	164
[ The Silver Map of the World ]	171
[ Captain James Cook ]	180
[ The Ice Islands ]	194
[ The Death of Cook ]	205
[ Departure of the Columbia and the Lady Washington ]	211
[ Charles Bulfinch ]	212
[ *Medals commemorating Columbia* and Lady Washington Cruise** ]	215
[ Building the First American Ship on the Pacific Coast ]	223
[ Feather Cloak worn by a son of a Hawaiian Chief, at the celebration in honor of Gray's return ]	226
[ John Derby ]	228
[ Map of Gray's two voyages, resulting in the discovery of the Columbia ]	231
[ A View of the Columbia River ]	237
[ At the Mouth of the Columbia River ]	239
[ Ledyard in his Dugout ]	244
[ Captain George Vancouver ]	265
[ *The Columbia* in a Squall** ]	269
[ *The Discovery* on the Rocks** ]	274
[ Indian Settlement at Nootka ]	276
[ Reindeer Herd in Siberia ]	288
[ Raised Reindeer Sledges ]	294
[ John Jacob Astor ]	303
[ Sitka from the Sea ]	314
[ Alexander Baranof ]	317

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PART I

DEALING WITH THE RUSSIANS ON THE PACIFIC COAST OF AMERICA—BERING, THE DANE, THE SEA-OTTER HUNTERS, THE OUTLAWS, AND BENYOWSKY, THE POLISH PIRATE

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