. Bering's voyages : an account of the efforts of the Russians to determine the relation of Asia and America. Kamchatskaia ekspeditsiia 1725-1730); Kamchatskaia ekspeditsiia 1733-1743). 130 STELLER'S JOURNAL after having sufifered such terrible misery, they were going to care for their health and take a rest. Little cups of brandy con- cealed here and there made their appearance in order to keep up the joy. These cool words were heard trumpeted forth with the voice of a herald: "Even if there had been a thousand navigators, they could not have hit it off to a hair like this in their recko
. Bering's voyages : an account of the efforts of the Russians to determine the relation of Asia and America. Kamchatskaia ekspeditsiia 1725-1730); Kamchatskaia ekspeditsiia 1733-1743). 130 STELLER'S JOURNAL after having sufifered such terrible misery, they were going to care for their health and take a rest. Little cups of brandy con- cealed here and there made their appearance in order to keep up the joy. These cool words were heard trumpeted forth with the voice of a herald: "Even if there had been a thousand navigators, they could not have hit it off to a hair like this in their reckoning; we are not a half mile ;—The sketches of Avacha were pro-. German Miles P'lG. IS—Track of tlie St. Peter on approaching Bering Island, November 4-5, 1741, as reconstructed by L. Stejneger. Scale, 1:2, 560,000. (This should replace the representation in Vol. i, PI. I.) duced and the land was found to agree exactly with them; Isopa [Cape], Cape Shipunski, the mouth of the harbor, and the mayak [Hghthouse] were pointed ^^ Although it might have been known from the dead reckoning that we were at the very least on the 55th parallel, while Avacha is two degrees farther south, yet, because a headland was seen which was taken to be Shipunski, our course was set northerly. When we had doubled the sup- 298 Isopa Cape is the modern Cape Povorotni south of Avacha Bay; Cape Shipunski is north of the bay. The Hghthouse was on the headland on the northern side of the entrance to the bay. (For locations see Vol. I, PI. I, inset, also p. 49, footnote 5.). Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Golder, Frank Alfred, 1877-1929; Stejneger, Leonhard, 1851-1943. New York : American Geographical Society
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