The voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe; with a historical review of previous journeys along the north coast of the Old World . vaya Zemlya was of oldrenowned for its richness in the noble metals. The report indeedhas never been confirmed, and probably was occasioned only by theoccurrence of traces of ore, and the beautiful gold-glancing filmof pyrites with which a number of the fossils found here arecovered; but it has, notwithstanding, given occasion to a numberof voyages to Novaya Zemlya, of which the first known is thatof the mate Juschkov, in 1757. As the mate of a hunting-vessel he
The voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe; with a historical review of previous journeys along the north coast of the Old World . vaya Zemlya was of oldrenowned for its richness in the noble metals. The report indeedhas never been confirmed, and probably was occasioned only by theoccurrence of traces of ore, and the beautiful gold-glancing filmof pyrites with which a number of the fossils found here arecovered; but it has, notwithstanding, given occasion to a numberof voyages to Novaya Zemlya, of which the first known is thatof the mate Juschkov, in 1757. As the mate of a hunting-vessel he had observed the stones glittering with gold andsilver, and he succeeded in convincing an Archangel tallow-merchant that they indicated great riches in the interior ofthe earth. In order to get possession of these treasures the 1 Wifsen, p. 915. Klingstedt states that fifty soldiers with their wivesand children were removed in 1648 to Pustosersk, and that the vojvodethere had so large an income that in three or four years he could ac-cumulate 12,000 to 15,000 roubles {Historische Nachrtchten von denSamcjjeden, &c., p. 53).. VI.] NOVAYA ZEMLYA AN ISLAND. ^ 209 tallow-merchant fitted out a vessel, promising Juschkov atthe same time a reward of 250 roubles for the whole undertaking, however, led to no result, because thediscoverer of these treasures died during the passage toNovaya Zemlya (Llitke, p. 70). Three years after, in 1760,^ a hunting mate, Sawa Losch-KIN, a native of Olonets, hit on the idea, which was certainlya correct one, that the east coast of Novaya Zemlya, which wasnever visited by hunters, ought to be richer in game than otherparts of the island. Induced by this idea, and probably also bythe wish to do something extraordinary, he undertook a huntingexpedition thither. Of this expedition we know only that heactually succeeded in travelling round the whole island, thanksto the resolution which led him to spendon this self-imposed task two winters andt
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