746 



INDEX. 



Austrian Arctic Expedition, 204 

 Avatscha Bay, 536, 546 

 Avril, Ph., 302 



B 



Bachoff, Ivan, 550 



Baer, K. E. von, 122, 537, 606 ; voyage 



to Novava Zemlya, 216 

 Baikal Lake, 283 

 Balana Mysticttns, 117, 130 

 Balcenopiera Sihhaliht, 130 

 Baratieri, Major, 729 

 Barents, 81, 85 n, 310; voyages, 178; 

 wintering, 191 ; death, 194 ; discovery 

 of relics from his wintering, 229 

 Barjatiusky, Ivan Petrovitsch, 526 

 Barnacle Goose; see Anser hernicla 

 Barrington, D., 203 

 Barrow, J., 176, 560 

 Bartlett, W., 353 

 Bassendine, James, 176 n 

 Baths in Japan, 569 

 Baumhauer, 425 

 Bavier, Consul, 633, 643, 644 

 Bay-ice, 320 



Beaker sponges, 321, 322 

 Bear Island,' 10, 85, 90, 119; discovery 



of, 189 

 Bear Islands, the, 528 n, 546, 550, 551; 

 the Veya arrives at, 318 ; geological 

 formation, 323 

 Bear, land, 432 ; see Polar bear 

 Beccari, 724 

 Beck Friis, Baron, 736 

 Beechey, F. W., 25. 570 n 

 Behemoth, 302 



Behring, Vitus, 22, 25, 537 n, 544, 598 ; 



first voyage, 534 ; second voyage, 546 ; 



stay on Behring Island, 598; death, 



598 



Behring the younger. Captain, 558 



Behring Island, 592 ; discovered, 547, 



597 

 Behriug's Straits, 562 ; its hydrography, 



582 ; is discovered, 535 

 Beli Ostrov, 143 ; excursion to, 153 ; 

 description of, 154; former visit to, 

 157 ; mapping of, 538 

 Bellot, J. E., 442 

 Belmonte, Prince, 728 ' 

 Bell Sound, 88, 95, 97, 100, 107, 139 n 

 Beluga ; see White whale 

 Beluga Bay, 273 

 Bennet, Stephen, 117, 121, 222 

 Bentinck, Swedish officer, 456 n 

 Beormas, 41, 43 

 Beresov, 538 

 Berggren, Sven, 134 

 Beryl, 712 

 Berzelius, 642 



Besimannaja Bay, 58, 88, 261 

 Biisk, 283 

 Bille, Admiral, 736 

 Billings, J., 457, 551, 591 n 

 Biwa Lake, 673 

 Bjelkov, hunter, 552 

 Black-lead pencil first mentioned, 576 n 



Blischni Island ; sec Ljachoff' s Island 



Bludnaya river, the, 542 



Bijdtker, Consul-general, 725 



Bog iron ore formations in the Kara Sea, 



140, 142 

 Bolschaja Eeka, 546, 548 

 Bolschoj Kamen, 133 

 Bolvan worship, Sauioyed, 64, 69, 76 

 Bona Coiijidentia (vessel), its fate, 50, 



173 n 

 Bona Esperanza (vessel), its fate, 50, 



173 n 

 Books, purchase of Japanese, 670 

 Borgen, Dr., Ill 

 Borgmiistareport, 90 

 Borneo, 701, 706; excursion to the 



interior of, 703 

 Borrowdale, graphite deposit at, 576 a 

 Bosman, Coruelis, 197 

 Boulogne-sur-Mer, arrival at, 733 

 Bove, G., 3, 32, 145, 243, 378, 396, 436, 



582, 702, 730; excursion to Najtskaj, 



411 ; to the interior of the Chukch 



Peninsula, 418 ; portrait, 731 

 Bragm, Dmitri, 605 

 Brandt, J. F., 605 

 Brandt, W., 212 

 Brandy, 485 

 Brandywine Bay, 85 

 Briochov Island-s, 161, 271, 287 

 Brown, Eichard, 176 n 

 Bruin, Coruelis de, 453 

 Brun, Captain, 273 

 Brimel, Oliver, 180 

 Bruzewitz.E., 3, 32, 256, 267, 409, 432, 



730, 735 ; his measurements of the 



thickness of the ice, 351 n ; excursion 



to Najtskaj, 400 ; portrait, 731 

 Buache, 528 

 Buckland, John, 173 n 

 Buckland, William, 570 n 

 Buddhism in Japan, 680 

 Buldakov, Timofej, 526 

 Bulun, 274, 279 

 Burgomaster, 89 ; met with during the 



voyage, 146 

 Burney, James, 532 

 Burrough, Stephen, 50, 79, 130; his 



voyage, 166 

 Busa, Elisej, 520 

 Busch, Henry, 531 

 Bychov mouth of the Lena, the, 227 n ; 



545 



C 



Cabook, 711 



Cabot, Sebastian, 47, 49, 165 ; portrait, 



49 

 Cadamosto, 454 n 

 Cairo, stay in, 725 

 Cairoli, premier, 729 

 Cannibals in the North, 62 n ; 518 n 

 Canton, 604 



Cape Baranov, 21, 323, 546, 553 

 Cape Borchaja, 545 

 Cape Chelyuskin, 10, 16 ; arrival at, 256 ; 



