LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



Fig. Page 



1 Reduced facsimile of fol. 15 of IMS copy of Steller's journal 38 



2 Facsimile of corresponding page from published version of 



Steller's journal, as edited by Pallas 39 



3 Khitrov's sketch map of St. Elias (Kayak) Island, 1 741 . . 42 



4 Modern map of Kayak Island 43 



5 Kayak Island from the southeast facing 44 



6 Cape St. Elias and Pinnacle Rock from the west . . . facing 44 



7 Western shore of south-central Kayak Island from the 



west facing 44 



8 Rock fall on western shore of Kayak Island . . . facing 45 



9 Mouth of a creek on western shore of Kayak Island, pre- 



sumably at the spot where Steller landed on July 20 



(O. S.), 1741 facing 45 



10 The same spot closer by facing 45 



11 A Yakut palma, or knife 47 



12 Khitrov's sketch map of the Shumagin Islands, 1741 . . 76 



13 Modern map of the Shumagin Islands 76 



14 Map of the North Pacific region by the St. Petersburg 



Academy of Sciences, 1758, incorporating the results of 

 Bering's two expeditions and illustrating the concep- 

 tion of the time facing loi 



15 Map of the track of the St. Peter on approaching Bering 



Island, as reconstructed by L. Stejneger 130 



16 Site at Komandor Bay, Bering Island, where the ship- 



wrecked expedition wintered facing 158 



17 Relics of Bering's second expedition recovered from 



Bering Island facing 159 



