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in 1792 appear in this atlas, notably those of the Aleutian islands, 

 Unalaska, etc. Separate charts from this atlas are to be found in the 

 Coast Survey Office and the H^'drographic Office in Washington. 



The only copy of this atlas known to the writer is owned b}^ Prof. 

 George Davidson, of San Francisco, who has most kindly placed it at 

 the writer's disposal during- the preparation of this dictionary. Refer- 

 ences to Sarichef refer mainly to this atlas. 



Sauer, 1790-1792. 



The publication In 1784 of Cook's explorations of northwest America 

 made in 1778 stimulated other nations to like work. La Perouse was 

 despatched by France in 178.5; and the same year, by order of the 

 Empress of Russia, was organized "A secret astronomical and geo- 

 graphical expedition for navigating the frozen sea, describing its 

 coasts and ascertaining the situation of the islands in the seas between 

 Asia and America." This was placed under the command of Commo- 

 dore Joseph Billings, who, according to Sauer, "said he had been 

 astronomer's assistant in Captain Cook's last voyage." Martin Sauer 

 accompanied this expedition as its secretary and translator, and in 

 1802 published an account of it, entitled Account of a Geographical 

 and Astronomical Expedition, etc., performed by Commodore Joseph 

 Billings in 1785-1794, 4^^, London, 1802. 



Leaving St. Petersburg in the autumn of 1785, the party went over- 

 land to Okhotsk and there built two vessels, the Skwa Rossle (Glory of 

 Russia) and the DolraiaN'am.erenia (Good Intent), which were launched 

 in August, 1789. The latter vessel was wrecked on the bar at Okhotsk, 

 and another vessel, the Chornie Orel (Black Eagle), was built to take 

 its place. This vessel was under the command of Captain Hall, while 

 Billings commanded the Slavie Rossie. The party wintered at Petro- 

 pavlovsk and in May, 1790, sailed eastward somewhere near the 

 Aleutian islands, saw Amchitka, landed at Unalaska, and thence con- 

 tinued on past Sannak and the Shumagins to Kodiak and Afognak, 

 visiting Cook inlet and Prince William sound and then returning and 

 wintering at Petropavlovsk. On May 19 of the following year (1791) 

 the ships again set sail to the eastward, passed Bering island, touched 

 at Tanaga, and went thence to Unalaska. From here they went north- 

 ward in Bering sea, passed near the Pribilof islands and St. Matthew 

 island, landed on St. Lawrence island and later at Point Rodney, 

 Seward peninsula, and on August 3 anchored in St. Lawrence bay, 

 Bering strait. Here Billings left the party for an overland journey in 

 the Chukchi countrv, and Sarichef on August 14 set out to return to 

 lliuliuk, Unalaska, Arriving August 28, 1791. Here Sarichef wintered 

 (1791-1792). In May, 1792, the party left Unalaska and went back to 

 Petropavlovsk and thence to St. Petersburg. 

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