| From Petchora to the Obi: | From the Obi: | |
| Muravjoff and Pavloff. | Westward: | Eastward: |
| Malygin and Skuratoff. | Golovin. | Ofzyn. |
| Minin. | ||
| Koscheleff. | ||
| From the Yenesei: | From the Lena: | |
| Eastward: | Westward: | Eastward: |
| Minin. | Pronchisheff. | Lassenius. |
| Chariton Laptjef. | Dmitri Laptjef. | |
[62] Note 47.
[63] Note 48.
[64] Note 49.
[65] Note 50.
[66] Note 51.
[67] Note 52.
[68] On his review of my book in the Journal of the American Geographical Society, XVII., p. 288, Baron Nordenskjöld says: "Mr. Lauridsen has devoted nearly two pages to showing that I am wrong in what I have said of Chelyuskin—that 'up to a recent date the statement that he really did reach the northern point of Asia was doubted.' But I had certainly the right to say this. If a person in 1742 performed one of the heroic deeds of geography without having received any acknowledgment for it in his lifetime, and if the best authorities in this person's own country a century later still considered him an impostor, I was surely justified in giving the above-quoted opinion in 1880, in spite of the fact that two eminent geographical authorities have withdrawn their charges. Moreover, is it really the case that Sokoloff's and Von Baer's later writings made it impossible to revive the old charge? He who can assert this must be but slightly acquainted with the history of geography, and with that of Siberian geography above all." In a note Nordenskjöld adds: "Previous to the departure of the Vega from Sweden, I received a letter from an unknown well-wisher to our voyage, cautioning me not to put too much faith in the Chelyuskin exploration story, as the writer of the letter considered it fictitious." To the Baron's criticism I shall simply remark: I have shown in the text that when he wrote the "Voyage of the Vega" he was not familiar with the latest works on this question. Hence he has been entirely unable to decide whether the old doubts concerning Chelyuskin's results could be revived or not. I appeal to all students of these finer points in the history of geography, who will certainly agree with my statement that the Baron in this question has absolutely no other support than that of an anonymous letter!—Author's Note to American Edition.