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VITUS BERING. 



Baer, to urge the erection of a monument in St. Peters- 

 burg, as a restitution for long forgetfulness, former mis- 

 judgment, and lack of appreciation. As Russians first 

 navigator and first great discoverer, he certainly has mer- 

 ited such a distinction. We shall, however, consider our 

 task accomplished, if we have succeeded in giving in 

 these pages a reliable account of the life and character of 

 a man who deserves to be remembered, not only by that 

 nation which must ever count Vitus Bering among her 

 good and faithful sons, but also by the country that har- 

 vested the fruits of his labors. 



BERING S MONUMENT IN PETROPAVLOVSK. 

 (from whymper.) 



