beeing's first expedition. 47 



any such theory, and hence Miiller, either accidentally or 

 purposely, does not in his book have a word about the 

 voyage from the 10th to the loth of August, and on his 

 map (1758) Bering's '^ track" is broken off near East 

 Cape. This headland is Miiller's Serdze Kamen,* a fact 

 of which even a very cursory glance at Miiller's and 

 Bering's maps will convince any one. But even Bering 

 had located the northeastern corner of Asia (East Cape) 

 a few minutes too far northward, and in order to make 

 the map coincide with his theory and with Bering's com- 

 putations, Miiller made the error greater, without, how- 

 ever, fixing it at Bering's turning-point, but at 67° 18' 

 N. lat., where, according to Bering's and his own 

 account, it ought to be. 



Thus matters stood up to the time of Cook's third 

 voyage. But as Cook had on board, not only Miiller's 

 book and map in an English translation, but also Ber- 

 ing's map, and an excellent treatise by Dr. Campbell in 

 Harris's Collection of Voyages, he could pass judgment 

 while at the place in question. As a matter of course he 

 upholds Bering. Hence, it was a natural result that 

 Serdze Kameu, which, as we have seen, was to coincide 

 with the most northerly point reached by Bering, could 

 no longer retain its position in the latitude of East Cape, 

 which was more than a degree too far south; and in 

 order to make Miiller's account intelligible. Captain Cook 

 had the choice between entirely expunging the name, or 

 bringing it up to an approximately correct latitude. 

 Cook chose the latter; and to this mistake on his part it 

 is due that the last splinter of Miiller's vain structure 



* Note 29. 



