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A VOYAGE TO 



'773. bour : and that is on the North Eafl fide of Marcekan, in the 



Oaobcr. ' 



latitude of 474°; where, as I have before obfcrved, the Ruf- 

 fians have a fettlcmenr. 



The fecond chart was, to me, the moft interefting ; for 

 it comprehended all the difcoveries made by the Ruffians to 

 the Eadward of Kamtfchatka, toward America ; which, if 

 we exclude the voyage of Beering and TfcherikofF, will 

 amount to little or nothing. The part of the American 

 coafl, with which the latter fell in, is marked in this chart, 

 between the latitude of 58" and fSi.", and 75" of longitude 

 from Okotflc, or zi'Si' from Greenwich; and the place 

 where the former anchored in 59;.° of latitude, and 63^-° 

 of longitude from Okotfk, or 207° from Greenwich. To 

 fay nothing of the longitude, which may be erroneous from 

 many caufes, the latitude of the coafl, difcovered by thefe 

 two navigators, efpecially the part of it difcovered by 

 TfcherikofF, dilTers confiderably from the account publiflied 

 by Mr. Muller, and his chart. Indeed, whether Muller's 

 chart, or this now produced by Mr. IfmylofF, be moft er- 

 roneous in this refpedt, it may be hard to determine ; though 

 it is not now a point worth difcuffing. But the iflands that 

 lie difperfed between 52° and SS° ^f latitude, in the fpace 

 between Kamtfchatka and America, deferve fome notice. 

 According to Nh\ IfmylofF's account, neitiier the number nor 

 the fituation of thefe iflands is well afcertained. He flruck 

 out about one tinrd of thcni, afluring me they had no cxifl- 

 cnce ; and lie altered the fituation of others confiderably > 

 which, he faid, was neceffary, from his own obfervations. 

 And iliere was no reafon to doubt about this. As thefe 

 iflands lie all nearly under the fame parallel, diiTcrcnt navi- 

 gators, being niiflcd by their different reckonings, might 

 tafily millakc one ifland, or group of iflands, for ano:her; 



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