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Halde. A copy of this was presented to the library of Harvard College 
by the province of New Hampshire in 1765-6, for an opportunity of 
examining which I am indebted to the courtesy of Mr. Justin 
Winsor, the Librarian. 
The text of this edition, compared with that of 1736, is as much as 
possible abridged, yet contains nothing not in the original, but the map 
exhibits certain additions to be noted. This map is entitled, 
“A Map of Capt. Beerings’ travels from Tobolskoy to Kam- 
chatka between y® years 1725 and 1730. With improvements by 
y® Editor.” It contains the following note by the editor. “Capt. 
Beerings probably observ’d y* Lat.¢ in y® Principal places thro’ 
wt he pass’d, tho’ two Observations only are mentioned in his 
Journal. But M*™ Kyrilow in his Map of the Russian Empire 
does not follow y® Author in this respect for instance he places 
Timski 1° 30’ more north, Yakutskoy 2° more south, and Cape 
Chiokotskago 1° more south than Cap‘. Beerings ; likewise other 
places in Proportion. I have reckon’d y* Long’ of Tobolskoy 
from Paris according to an Kclipse of y* Sun observed at Ham- 
burg and Tobolskoy, mentioned by Mr. Strahlenberg in his 
account of y® Northern parts of Europe and Asia. This is all 
that can be done till y* return of y® Russian Mathematicians sent 
to make observations and discoveries throughout Siberia.” Then 
follows a line “ Inscribed to Francis Gashrey Esq'.” 
The main body of the chart is that of Du Halde’s original and the 
scale is the same, but the height of the neat-lines is only 8% inches. 
Bering’s track from Okhotsk to Bolsheretsk, across Kamchatka, north- 
ward to 67° 18’; also his track eastward from Kamchatka in 1729 and 
around the peninsula to Bolsheretsk and Okhotsk ; are indicated by 
dotted lines. The two latitudes noted in Bering’s journal are indicated 
on this map by a +, and the northern one is placed near the Asiatic 
coast in latitude 118° KE. from Tobolsk. At the top of the map the sup- 
posed Paris meridians* are indicated, a difference between Paris and 
Tobolsk being assumed of 70° degrees, which is about five degrees too 
much. There are also sundry infelicities in the transliteration of the 
names from the French of D’Anville. 
A chart which deserves notice, though almost wholly fictitious, being 
chiefly devoted to the spurious discoveries of the alleged Admiral de 
Fonte, was issued by J. N. de L’Isle with the concurrence of M. P. 
Buache, or at his suggestion. It appeared at Paris, in 1752, and was 
copied for Jefferys’ (2d) edition of Voyages from Asia to America in 
1764. I do not know if this copy appeared in the first edition, but pre- 
sume it did. : 
*In the Campbell map these are taken as east from London with 
an allowance of 67° between London and Tobolsk. 
