LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



Fig. Page 



1 Section of a map by Guillaume Delisle, 1714, to illustrate 



contemporary knowledge of the North Pacific . facing 2 



2 Facsimile of part of Peter the Great's orders for the first 



expedition, with comments in his own handwriting . . 



facing 7 



3 Map showing route of the first expedition from St. Peters- 



burg to Bering Strait 10 



4 Facsimile of a manuscript map showing the route of the 



first expedition from Yudoma Cross to Urak near 

 Okhotsk. (Drawing by Spanberg in the Russian ar- 

 chives.) facing 13 



5 Copy of the eastern section of the map accompanying 



Bering's report on his first expedition. (After Dall's 

 facsimile.) T 4~ T 5 



6 Facsimile of Berkh's map, 1823, showing route of the 



first expedition from Okhotsk to Bering Strait and 

 return facing 20 



7 Facsimile of a manuscript map of the Harbor of St. Peter 



and St. Paul (Petropavlovsk), 1740. (Drawing by Elagin 



in the Russian archives.) facing 34 



8 The Harbor of St. Peter and St. Paul. (From an old en- 



graving) facing 35 



9 Facsimile of signatures of Bering and his officers. (From 



the log book of the St. Peter: entry of May 4, 1 74 1.) . . 39 



10 Facsimile of a page of the log book of the St. Peter kept by 



Yushin: entry of June 7, 1741 facing 52 



1 1 Facsimile of a page of the log book of the St. Peter kept by 



Khitrov: end of entry of September 5, 1741, with map of 



the Shumagin Islands facing 148 



