Vol. Ill, pp. 205-230, pl. 21 January 28, 1892 



THE 



NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 



THE CARTOGRAPHY AND OBSERVATIONS 



OF 



BERING'S FIRST VOYAGE. 



BY 

 GENERAL A. W. GREELY. 



(Prese'iited before the Society March 20, 1891.) 



It was Avith no ordinary pleasure that the members of the 

 National Geographic Society listened to the critical review and 

 admirable essay on Bering's first expedition, 1725-1730, read 

 before this Society, together with a translation of Bering's report 

 on the expedition in question, by one of our learned and distin- 

 guished members. Professor William H. Dall. The subject then 

 under consideration is one of great interest, and this Society 

 owes a debt of gratitude to Professor Dall for his assiduous labor 

 in collating and translating the available data on this voyage, 

 and must indorse the general conclusions reached in a critical 

 essay which is the result of careful, conscientious research con- 

 joined to much erudition. It is especially fortunate, in view of 

 the vagueness of Bering's report, that it should have been trans- 

 lated and reviewed by a traveler and investigator so thoroughly 

 familiar with the topography of Bering strait and the adjacent 

 region. 



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