Vitus Bering: the Discoverer of Bering Strait

by Peter Lauridsen

FOOTNOTES:

[96] The author gives extracts from other reports of the same tenor, which the translator has seen fit to omit, referring the reader for further information on this subject to Bering's own report, p. 195 of this volume.

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[INDEX.]

A
Academists, [70], [78]; leave Tobolsk, [81].
Academy of Science, Russian, [57].
Addington, cape, [189].
Admiralty Bay, [145].
Admiralty, Russian, dissatisfaction with Bering, [95].
Afgonak, island, [156].
Aïno, [124].
Akischis, strait, [124].
Alaska, [178].
Aldan, river, [23].
Aleutian Islands, [134], [140];
discovery of, [167], [187].
Aleutians, Nearer, [168].
Aliaska, [161].
Amassoff, [18].
Amchitka, [167].
America Pars, [14].
Anadyr, fort, [42].
Anadyr, river, Cossacks at, [16];
the Gabriel at, [30].
Anadyrsk, [46].
Anian, strait, [13], [15].
Anjou, [110].
Anna Ivanovna, [63].
Apraxin, [9].
Archangel Michael, ship, [100].
Arctic Coast, charting of, [62], [83].
Arctic expeditions, [107].
Arctic explorations, work of Russia and England in, [3].
Arctic foxes, [181].
Arii Kamen, [175].
Asia and America, boundary between,
[13].
Atka, island, [165].
Atna, estuary, [148].
Attu, island, [168].
Avacha, [127], [134], [170], [190].
B
Baikal, lake, [91].
Balshaya, river, [26].
Bancroft, H. H., note on, [64];
note from, [73], [140];
note on identity of Kayak and St. Elias, [149];
note on, [188].
Baranoff Cliff, [109].
Barents, map of, [14].
Bartholomew, cape, [189].
Bear Islands, [18], [67].
Bellini, map by, [20], [118].
Berch, V., authority, [41];
opinion of Bering, [52], [61].
Bering Bay, [144];
incorrect location of, [146].
Bering Island, [51];
discovery of, [169];
description of, [174].
Bering Haven, [149].
Bering Peninsula, [67].
Bering, Rivière de, [145].
Bering Strait, discovery of, [32];
Gvosdjeff in, [130].
Bering, Vitus, first expedition, [2];
nativity, [6];
in Baltic fleet, [9];
in Sea of Azov and Black Sea, [10];
promotions, [10];
in Archangel, [10];
home of, [11];
discharge and re-appointment of, [11];
plans for first expedition, [12];
knowledge of Siberian geography, [19];
starts on first expedition, [21];
at Irkutsk, [22];
at Yakutsk, [22];
in relation to Serdze Kamen, [40];
return to St. Petersburg, [42], [52];
winters at the Fort, [50];
recognition in West Europe, [57];
map by, [57];
plans for Great Northern Expedition, [61];
recommendations to Senate, [65];
instructions to, [66];
chief of Great Northern Expedition, [72];
estimate of, [76], [94];
Russian name of, [77];
report to Admiralty, [89], [195];
accusations against, [94];
wife of, [94];
at Okhotsk, [99];
at Avacha, [128];
plans for expedition to America, [129];
orders from Senate, [131], [134];
taken ill, [140];
discovers American coast, [140];
stay off Kayak Island, [150];
defense of, [152];
determinations of lat., [158];
removed from the St. Peter, [182];
sickness of, [183];
death of, [186];
monument of, [187], [192];
results, [187], [190];
reports of, [190].
Betge, surgeon, [135].
Billings, map by, [45], [145], [148].
Biron, [64], [189].
Blanco, cape, [14], [37].
Blizhni Islands, [168].
Bolsheretsk, [26], [52], [119].
Borkhaya Bay, [92].
Boussale Channel, [120].
Brandt, [180].
Bredal, Peter, [9].
Broughton, Capt., at Kuriles, [120], [123].
Buache, [191].
Byistraya, river, [26].
Bykoff, river, [92].
C
California, [37].
Campbell, Dr., opinion of Bering, [29], [47], [57].
Chamisso, [137].
Chaplin, Peter, [21].
Charitonoff, [167].
Charlesvoix, Peter, Histoire du Japan, [20].
Chegatchoff, [135].
Chekin, [81].
Chelyuskin, [81], [109], [114], [116].
Chelyuskin, cape, [114].
Chirikoff, A., in first expedition, [21];
instructions to, [66], [75], [77], [81], [95], [96], [103], [129], [131], [134], [135];
on Pacific expedition, [139];
results, [188];
at Okhotsk, [190].
Chirikoff Island, [158].
Chi-Shima Islands, [119].
Chukotskoi, cape, doubled by Bering, [32], [44].
Chuckchee Peninsula, [40], [44], [133].
Chukli, island, [145].
Clerke, Capt., [187].
Commander Islands, [169];
description of, [175];
seals on, [179].
Controller Bay, [146].
Cook, Capt., [30];
in Bering Strait, [36];
opinion of Bering, [38], [39], [47], [48], [53], [57], [67], [112], [125], [137];
Bering's place of landing, [144], [147], [156], [158], [191].
Copper, estuary, [148].
Copper Island, discovery of, [169];
description of, [175];
sea-otters on, [178].
Corea, [126].
Cossacks, [16].
Coxe, W., [125].
Cruys, C., made vice-admiral, [8].
D
Dall, W. H., opinion of Bering, [151].
Dalrymple, A., [39].
D'Anville, atlas of, [57].
Deception Islands, [168].
De l'Isle, G., [53] et seq.;
sketch of, [130].
De l'Isle, J. N., [18], [53], [56];
sketch of, [130], [191].
De Löwenörn, Danish admiral, [39].
Deshneff, [16], [20], [110], [111].
Diomede Island, discovery of, [33];
latitude of, [41].
Dixon, [144].
Dolgoruki, [64].
Du Halde, [32], [40].
Dwina, [67], [112].
E
Eared Seals, [178], [179].
East Cape, [32].
Endoguroff, [96].
Engel, Richard, [21].
Euratchey Island, [157].
F
Fairweather, Mt., [144], [145].
Figurnyi, island, [123].
Foggy Island, [158].
Forster, R., [39].
Fortuna, ship, launching of, [25], [100].
Franklin, [21], [68].
Fries, T. M., Prof., [112].
Fur Company, Russo-American, [178].
G
Gabriel, ship, [29], [41], [100], [119].
Gama, Juan de, [55], [133].
Gamaland, [55], [121], [130];
situation of, [133], [134];
search for, [139].
Germans and Frenchmen in Russian service, [53].
Gmelin, J. G., [68];
opinion of Lassenius, [82], [91], [93].
Golovnin, [73].
Gordon, Admiral, [9].
Gore, Capt., [120].
Great Northern Expedition, [72];
leaves St. Petersburg, [77];
transportation of stores, [87];
discontinuance of, [190];
at Tomsk, [190].
Grib, Peder, [9].
Guanahani, [144].
Gvosdjeff, M., discovery of American coast by, [130].
H
Hammond, cape, [148].
Harris, P., [57].
Hartelpol, [135].
Hazius, [40].
Herzenberg, [9].
Hesselberg, [135], [166];
death of, [185].
Holy Cross, bay, [31].
Homann, [16].
Hondius, J., [15].
Hondo, [54].
Hope (Nadeshda), ship, [100].
I
Ilarion, Rev., [21].
Ilim, river, [22].
Ilimsk, [22].
Innuit, [163].
Irkutsk, [72], [74].
Irkutsk, boat, [81].
Irtish, [21].
Iturup, [117], [124].
Ivanoff, [114].
J
Japan Islands, [62], [111];
Spangberg's expedition to, [117] et seq.
Jeço, [124], [133].
Jefdokjejefski Islands, [159].
Jelmerland, [109].
Jerimo, cape, [124].
Jushin, [135].
K
Kadiak Island, [157].
Khariulakh, river, [92], [93].
Kamchadales, [74].
Kamchatka, conquest of, [17], [118];
charting of, [189].
Kamchatka, fort, [27].
Kamchatka, river, [30].
Kara Sea, [62], [109].
Kasanssoff, [94].
Kayak Island, [144];
identity with St. Elias, [146].
Kazan, [78].
Ket, river, [22].
Khatanga, river, [116].
Khitroff, [135], [137], [141], [148], [156], [161], [170].
Khitroff, cape, [173].
Kiriloff, J. K., [52], [57], [65], [69];
support of Bering, [73].
Kiska, island, [167].
Kisseloff, [167].
Kolessoff, [128].
Kolyma, [20].
Kompagniland, [54], [117], [133].
Konosir Island, [124].
Kosyrefski, I., explorations of, [17];
as monk, [19], [52];
at Kuriles, [118].
Kotzebue, [137].
Krasheninnikoff, [92].
Krassilnikoff, [66], [131], [156].
Krusenstern, [125], [146], [157];
essay by, [158].
Kunashir, [123].
Kur, [12].
Kuriles, early knowledge of, [18];
location of, [51];
Spangberg's expedition to, [117], [118];
charting of, [122].
Kurile Strait, [121].
Kushka, [99].
L
La Croyère, L. (L. De L'Isle), [66], [69], [78], [103];
sketch of, [131].
La Pérouse, [67];
at Kuriles, [120], [125], [144], [145].
La Pérouse Strait, [54].
Laptjef, C., [109].
Laptjef, D., [93], [109], [114], [189].
Larionoff, Lieut., [102].
Lassenius, Peter, arctic expedition of, [82], [92];
death of, [93], [96].
Lau, surgeon, [135].
Lauridsen, Peter, reply to Nordenskjöld, [15].
Le Mesurier, cape, [146].
Lena River, [107], [109].
Liakhov Island, discovery of, [16].
Linglin Gaï, [45].
Lopatka, cape, [51].
Losseff, [89].
Lushin, [17];
in Yakutsk, [19], [52], [119], [132].
Lütke, Admiral, defense of Bering, [38], [113].
M
Mackenzie, [21].
Malespina, [144].
Malygin, [109].
Marmot Island, [152], [157].
Martinier, [114].
Matmai, cape, [124].
Maya River, [23].
McClure, [113].
Mednie (Copper Island), [175].
Melnikoff, [67].
Menshikoff, [9], [86].
Mercator. G., [15].
Mexico, [66].
Middendorff, [110], [114], [115], [180].
Minin, [109].
Montague Island, [145], [148].
Monti, Bay de, [145].
Morison, George, [21].
Müller, G. H., [32];
opinion on Serdze Kamen, [42];
at Yakutsk, [44], [53], [68], [91], [93], [118];
refutes De L'Isle, [191].
Munk, Jens, [92].
Münnich, [189].
N
Nadeshda, island, [120].
Nertchinsk, treaty of, [16].
Niakina Cove, [127].
Niemann, Dr., [21].
Nipon, island, [54], [118], [121].
Nordenskjöld, review by, [15], [110], [113]-[115];

note on, [116], [177]-[179].
Northeast passage, [13], [14];
Bering's opinion of, [35];
charting of, [36], [110], [125].
Northwest passage, [113].
Norwegians and Danes in service of Peter the Great, [7].
Notske, cape, [123].
Novaia Zemlia, [109], [111].
Novgorod, [78].
Nystad, peace of, [11].
O
Obdorsk, [81].
Obi River, [21], [107].
Obi, gulf, [100].
Ofzyn, Lieut., [79];
at Obdorsk, [81];
in Gulf of Obi, [93], [109];
saves the St. Peter, [171], [172].
Okhotsk, arrival at, [24], [62], [79];
building of, [99];
fleet in, [103].
Okhotsk, sea of, explorations in, [26].
Olenek, [34], [92].
Ostermann, [64], [73], [189].
Ostrog, Kamchatka, [27].
Othere's, [114].
P
Pallas, [45].
Patience, bay, [123].
Patience, cape, [54].
Patiloff, [21].
Pavlutski, Capt., [43], [45], [83].
Peschel, O., [117], [118], [146].
Petchora, [107].
Peter the Great, Scandinavians in service of, [7];
death of, [21], [63].
Petroff, [96], [119].
Petermann, Dr., [111], [116].
Petropavlovsk, founding of, [127].
Pissarjeff, [65], [83];
quarrel with Bering, [84];
sketch of, [85], [95];
removal of, [103], [126].
Plauting, [93]-[96], [135].
Plenisner, [153].
Pontanus, J. J., [14].
Popoff, Cossack, on Chuckchee peninsula, [17], [66].
Preobrashensky, bay, [31].
Pribyloff Islands, [178].
Prince William's Sound, [145], [148].
Pronchisheff, [81], [92], [93], [96], [109].
R
Reclus, [67].
Remesoff, atlas of, [16].
Ruge, Prof., [117], [119].
Russian fleet, founding of, [9].
S
Saghalin, island, [54];
charting of, [125].
Sarycheff, Admiral, at Kuriles, [120], [146], [148].
Sauer, M., [146];
description of St. Elias, [147].
Saunders, Vice-Admiral, [11].
Savjaloff, [167].
Schaep, H. C., [54].
Schelagskii, cape, [110].
Schelting, Lieut., [119].
Scurvy, [182].
Schwatka, [21].
Sea Cow, [179]: correct scientific name, [179];
extermination of, [179];
importance of, [180].
Sea Lion, [178].
Sea Lion Island, [175].
Sea Otter, [177].
Seljonyi, island, [123].
Semichi Islands, [167].
Semidi Islands, [159].
Senate, Russian, orders of, [64].
Serdze Kamen, cape, [30] et seq.
Shafiroff, [85].
Shantar Islands, [65].
Shestakoff, [18], [56].
Shumagins, discovery of, [161];
stay at, [162], [164].
Siberia, determinations of longitude in, [38];
scientific exploration of, [68].
Sievers, Peter, [9].
Sikotan, island, [123].
Skeving, [9].
Skuratoff, [109].
Soimonoff, [73].
Sokoloff, K., [75];
opinion of Spangberg, [84], [94];
Bering's assistants, [95];
opinion of Bering, [96], [100], [116];
qualifications of, [137], [159];
reproved by Bancroft, [189];
note.
Spangberg. M., in first expedition, [21];
at the Kut, [22];
winter at the Yudoma, [24];
sets sail, [26], [50];
instructions to, [66], [77], [82];
nativity of, [84];
accusations against, [94], [96];
at Okhotsk, [100];
expedition to Japan, [102], [117];
return to Bolsheretsk, [120];
results of expedition, [125];
return to Yakutsk, [126];
at Kirinsk, [126];
return from third expedition to Japan, [190].
Spangberg's Island, [123].
Staaten Eiland, [54], [117], [133].
St. Abraham Island, [168].
Stanovoi Mts., [84], [89].
St. Elias, island, [141] et seq.
Stejneger, L., Dr., translator's preface;
note on, [173], [178];
note by, [174];
description of Steller's Arch, [176];
concerning sea-cow, [179], [180].
Steller, G. W., opinion of Bering's first expedition, [46], [57], [92];
estimate of Bering, [97];
at Okhotsk, [103];
joins the Pacific expedition, [135];
nativity and sketch of, [136];
diary of, [137];
on American soil, [141];
description of St. Elias, [147], [150];
ridicules Bering, [151];
165;
description of animal life, [176];
honored by Stejneger, [176], note;
care of the castaways, [181];
account of Bering's death, [186].
Steller, Mount, [176], note.
Steller's Triumphal Arch, description of, [176], note;
representation of, [177].
Sterlegoff, [80], [109].
St. Hermogenes, island, [152];
discovery of, [156].
St. Johannes, island, [165].
St. Kresta Bay, [31];
the Gabriel at, [31], [46].
St. Lawrence Island, [34], [41].
St. Marcus Island, [167].
St. Paul, ship, building of, [100], [102];
crew of, [135];
course of, [139].
St. Peter, building of, [100], [102];
crew of, [135];
journals of, [137];
course of, [139];
return voyage, [156] et seq.;
at Shumagins, [164];
determinations of latitude by, [167];
stranding of, [172].
Strahlenberg, [18];
outline maps by, [20], [118].
St. Stephen, island, [158], [167].
St. Thaddeus, cape, [30].
Stuxberg, A., Dr., [111].
Suckling, cape, [146].
T
Tabbert (Strahlenberg), [55].
Taimyr, peninsula, [82], [93], [109];
cartography of, [114], [115].
Taroko, islands, [123].
Texeïra, [55].
Three Sisters, islands, [124].
Tigil, [128].
Tobol, [79];
launching of, [80].
Tobolsk, arrival at, [21].
Tolbukhin, Lieut., [102].
Tordenskjold, Peter, note on, [9].
Trane, Thure, [9].
Tumannoi Island, [158].
Tunguska River, [22].
Tuscarora, [139].
U
Udinsk, [62].
Ukamok, island, [158].
Urak, river, [23].
Ural Mts., [68].
Urup, island, [117].
Ustkutsk, [22].
Ust Maiskaya, [88].
V
Vancouver, [67], [144], [148].
Vancouver's Island, [158].
Van Dieman, [54].
Vangondie, R. de, [39].
Van Haven, [78].
Varkhoiansk, [102].
Vega expedition, [109], [113]-[115], [179].
Viligin, [18].
Vlaming, [112].
Volga, [80].
Von Baer, [36], [41], [48], [72], [98], [111], [115];
concerning sea-cow, [180], [192].
Voyage of the Vega, [113]-[115], [179].
Vries, M. de, [54], [117], [124].
W
Walton, [96], [120], [121], [126].
Walvisch Bay, [123].
Waxel, Lieut., [96], [135], [137], [152];
in command of the St. Peter, [161], [167], [169], [170].
Wilster, D., Admiral, [9].
Wingham Island, [146], [147].
Witsen, N., [15].
Wrangell, [110], [113].
Wrangell Island, [18].
Y
Yablonoi, Mts., [16].
Yakutat Bay (Bering Bay), [146].
Yakutsk, [62];
foundry at, [83].
Yakutsk, sloop, [81].
Yelagin, [127].
Yenisei, [22], [107].
Yevrinoff, [17], [119], [132].
Yudoma, river, [23].
Yudomskaya Krest, [23].
Yezo, [14], [117].

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Transcriber's Notes:

Simple spelling, grammar, and typographical errors were corrected.

Punctuation normalized.

Anachronistic and non-standard spellings retained as printed.

P. 31 changed longitude to latitude as 64° 41' latitude would be in the Bering Sea but not 64° 41' longitude.