. Historical view of the progress of discovery on the more northern coasts of America [microform] : from the earliest period to the present time. Cabot, Sebastian, 1476?-1557; Cabot, Sebastian, 1476?-1557; Natural history; Sciences naturelles. w m BEHRIN6 8 SECOND VOYAGE. 85 tion of Behring, no less im| ^^ant and satisfactory, was ( tined to be fatal t( li excellent commander: After a *vinter spent in the arbour of Aw«tscha, r Petropalauska, on the west side of the great ciiirsula of Kamtschatka, Behring got his stores on board uie two packet-.)oats built at Ochotzk, expressly for the intended
. Historical view of the progress of discovery on the more northern coasts of America [microform] : from the earliest period to the present time. Cabot, Sebastian, 1476?-1557; Cabot, Sebastian, 1476?-1557; Natural history; Sciences naturelles. w m BEHRIN6 8 SECOND VOYAGE. 85 tion of Behring, no less im| ^^ant and satisfactory, was ( tined to be fatal t( li excellent commander: After a *vinter spent in the arbour of Aw«tscha, r Petropalauska, on the west side of the great ciiirsula of Kamtschatka, Behring got his stores on board uie two packet-.)oats built at Ochotzk, expressly for the intended American discc , cries. The first of these, the St Peter, was that in which the com- mander embarked; the second, the St Paul, was intrusted to Captain " " • ikow. Along with Beh- ring went Lewis d( de la Croyere, Professor of Astronomy, whil Mr George William Steller, an experienced chenixot and botanist, accompanied Tchirikow. All things being ready, a council of officers was held, in which the question regarding the course they should stcv was considered, and it happc d, un- fortunately for the ex tion, that an important error had crept into the map presented by the Aca- demy of Sciences at St Petersburg to the Senate, in laying down a coast south-east from Awatscha, extending fifteen degrees from west to east, whilst no land was marked due east. At this spot were writ- ten on the map the words '' Land seen by Don Jean de Gama;" and, usting to the accuracy of this in- formation. It W' s determined to steer first south-east by east, in t^ e hope of discovering this continent; after which they might follow its coasts as a guide towards the north and east. On the 4th of June 1741, they accordingly weighed anchor and steered south- east by south, till, on the 12th, they found "^^hem- selves in latitude 46°, without the oli^ test appear- ance Gl til ~~ cii> ido;; \ti their error, they held on a northerly course as far as IS. I'f. ', nn. Plea
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