An illustrated history of the New world : containing a general history of all the various nations, states, and republics of the western continent ..and a complete history of the United States to the present time .. . hismen died. In August, 1742, the survivors succeeded in reachingKamtschatka. This voyage established the fact of the close proxi-mity of the two continents, and opened to the Russian governmentthe road to a lucrative trade. Behrings Strait was named after itsunfortunate and lamented discoverer. A few years previous to this expedition, the Russians had reachedJapan by way of Kamts
An illustrated history of the New world : containing a general history of all the various nations, states, and republics of the western continent ..and a complete history of the United States to the present time .. . hismen died. In August, 1742, the survivors succeeded in reachingKamtschatka. This voyage established the fact of the close proxi-mity of the two continents, and opened to the Russian governmentthe road to a lucrative trade. Behrings Strait was named after itsunfortunate and lamented discoverer. A few years previous to this expedition, the Russians had reachedJapan by way of Kamtschatka, and this formed an additional incen-tive to adventure. But although the Aleutian islands had beenvisited by Behring, the government appears not to have been fullyaware of their discovery until 1750, when the first tribute of furswas brought from them to Okotsk. Since that time, they have beenregularly visited ; and on them, together with a coast of three hun-dred leagues beyond the polar circle, the indefatigable Russianshave established those settlements and factories which support thegreat and advantageous fur trade carried on with China by the Rus*lian Eiiipire. CHAPTER XIV. SETTLEMENT OF VIRGINIA,. |OTWITHSTANDING the early discovery of theAmerican continent by Sebastian Cabot, and thevarious explorations of the northern coast byseveral of his countrymen, no considerable effortfor establishing a permanent settlement was made until thereign of Queen Elizabeth. These, however, were notowing to the personal patronage of the queen herself, butrather to the enterprise and perseverance of private indi-viduals. One of the most distinguished of these was SirWalter Raleigh, although, previous to his endeavours, efforts hadbeef, made by Sir Humphrey Gilbert and others, not only to colonize 203 204 SETTLEMENT OF VIRGINIA. but also to open a passage to the rich trade of India and China, bysailing around the continent through Hudsons Strait. In 1584, Raleigh obtained a patent fr
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