Bastimentos, Boca Toro. 9N. 82W. Columbus at, 1502.
Baylis's Creek, James River, near Malvern Hill. 37N. 77W. Attack on driven back by Confederates, 1864 (Civil W.).
Beagle Channel, Tierra del Fuego. 54S. 67W. (See Darwin, 'Voyage of the Beagle.')
[Belle Isle] Strait. 50N. 55W. J. Cartier in, 1534.
Belmont, on the Mississippi. 36N. 89W. Fierce indecisive encounter during Civil W., 1861.
Bemis's Heights, near Albany, N.Y. 42N. 72W. Battles Sept. and Oct., and final defeat of English, 1777 (W. of Ind.).
[Bennington], Vermont, U.S. 42N. 73W. Victory of Stark and his New England farmers over part of Burgoyne's army, 1777 (W. of Ind.).
Bentonville, N. Carolina. 35N. 77W. Confederates defeated near, by Sherman, March 18-21, 1865 (Civil W.).
Berbice, S. America, 0N. 55W. Discovered by Pinzon, 1499; Dutch settlement, 1580; in English possession, 1796-1802; retaken by English, 1803, and ceded to them by treaty, 1814; now part of British Guiana.
Bering Island, N. Pacific. 55N. 166E. Bering died on, from exhaustion, having been wrecked off coast, 1741.