APPENDIX 



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N'^ iir. 



Summary of the proofs tending to /hew, that Beering and 

 TichixWiof^ either reached AnvQiicd. in 1741, or came 

 'very near it. 



^ \^ H E coaft Mhich Beering reached, and called Cape 

 St. Ellas, lay, according to his ell:imation, in 

 58°. 28'. N. latitude, and in longitude 236°. from Fero: 

 the coaft touched at by TfchirikofF was lituated in lat. 

 56°. long. 241°*. 



Steller, who accompanied Beering in his expedition Arguments ad- 

 towards America, endeavours to prove, that they difco-^^^^"",!"^ 

 vered that continent by the following arguments t : TheTWihfkf.ff 



diicovercd 



coafts were bold, prefenting continued chains of high-'^"^"''^^- 

 mountains, fome of which were fo elevated, that their 

 tops were covered with fnow, their fides were cloathed 



* The reader will find the narrative of this voyage made by Beerino- 

 and Tfchirlkoff in Mailer's account of the RufTian Difcoveries, 

 S. R, G. III. 195, &c. 



•f See Kralhininikoff's account of Kamtchatka, Chap. X. Frenchi 

 Tranflation; Chap. IV. Englifli tranflation. 



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