Bears, combats with, [15], [26], [62], [75], [78], [90], [95], [106], [113], [118], [154], [169], [181], [188], [207], [213], [216];
two men killed by a bear, [cxviii], [62];
the crew made ill by eating a bear’s liver, [183]
Bear Island, [xviii], [xxi], [xxvi];
its discovery by the Dutch, [cxxix];
why so named, ib.;
its situation, [76], [85]
Beechey (Captain), references to his “Voyage towards the North Pole”, [lxxiv], [lxxxi], [clxxii]
Beeldthoeck, see Image Cape
Beer, see Sprucebeer
Beerenfort, or Bear Creek, [15]
Behouden-huis, or House of Safety, see House
Beke (Charles J.), editor of the first edition of this work in 1853, [ii];
facts discovered since then, ib.;
his opinion as to the identity of Olivier Brunel with Alferius, [vii];
his track of Barents’s third voyage incorrect, [xvii];
his opinion as to the authenticity of Barents’s log, quoted by Gerard refuted by Mr. Muller, [xxii]
Bell Sound, [xxviii]
Bennel, name erroneously given to Brunel by J. R. Forster, [c]