IV CONTENTS. 



Chapter V. 

 The building of the Gabriel. — The disco veiy of Bering Strait . 39 



Chapter VI. 



The task assigned by Peter the Great accomplished. — History of 

 the cartography of East Siberia. — Captain Cook's defense of 

 Bering 35 



Chapter VII. 



Bering's winter at the fort. — Indications of an adjacent con- 

 tinent. — Unsuccessful search for this continent. — Return to 

 St. Petersburg. — General review of the results of the First 

 Expedition 50 



PART II. 

 THE GREAT NORTHERN EXPEDITION. 



Chapter VIII. 



Bering's plans for a second expedition. — The greatest geograph- 

 ical enterprise ever undertaken 61 



Chapter IX. 



The Great Northern Expedition on its way through Siberia. 

 — Difficulties and dangers encountered and overcome . . 77 



Chapter X. 



Delay of the expedition caused by the death of Lassenius and 

 his command in the Arctic regions. — Dissatisfaction of the 

 Senate and Admiralty with Bering's work 91 



Chapter XI. 

 Final Preparations for the Pacific expeditions 99 



