The voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe; with a historical review of previous journeys along the north coast of the Old World . the fragile dwelling in Avhich he had passed thewinter, the Yenisejsk-built vessel, the Aurora (or Sewcrnoe Sianie)was lost. Schwanenberg, who soon afterwards came to theneighbourhood, succeeded in purchasing from an Englishman,Mr. Seebohm, another little vessel, which was also built at ^ Deutsche Geographische Blatter, Bremen, 1870, i. p. 21G, and ii. p. 35, 240 THE VOYAGE OF THE VEGA. [OHAr. Yenisejsk by Mr. Boiling for the purpose of transporting thitherthe go
The voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe; with a historical review of previous journeys along the north coast of the Old World . the fragile dwelling in Avhich he had passed thewinter, the Yenisejsk-built vessel, the Aurora (or Sewcrnoe Sianie)was lost. Schwanenberg, who soon afterwards came to theneighbourhood, succeeded in purchasing from an Englishman,Mr. Seebohm, another little vessel, which was also built at ^ Deutsche Geographische Blatter, Bremen, 1870, i. p. 21G, and ii. p. 35, 240 THE VOYAGE OF THE VEGA. [OHAr. Yenisejsk by Mr. Boiling for the purpose of transporting thitherthe goods which I had carried in the Ymer to Korepovskoj, asimovic on the bank of the Yenisej in. 71° 19 Thegoods however had been taken up the river by a steamer, onwhich account the vessel was sold by Boiling to Mr. Seebohra, •who made an excursion in it to the lower courses of tlieYenisej for ornithological researches. He named the vessel theIbis. When Mr. Seebohm no longer required it, there was atfirst a proposal that it shoukl be taken over by Captain Wiggins,who, as has been already stated, had the year before come to. DAVID IVANOVnsCH SCHWANENBERG. Born in Courland in 1831. the Yenisej with a small steimer, which wintered at the islandsin the river, and had now stranded during the breaking up ofthe ice. He wished to carry his men on the Ibis either homeor to the Ob, but the Englisli seamen declared that they wouldnot for all the worlds honour and riches sail in that had thus an opportunity of purchasing thevessel, whose name he altered to the Utrennaja Saria (theDawn), and to the surprise of all experienced seamen heactually made a successful passage to Norway. The vesselwas then towed along the coast to G(jthenburg, and through VI.] THE FIRST VOYAGE FROM YENISEJSK TO EUROPE. 241 the Gota Canal to Stockholm, and finally crossed the Balticto St. Petersburg. On the loth August Schwanenberg hoisted the Russian flagon his little vessel. During his outw
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