UNITED STATES COAST AND GEODETIC SUEVEY. 



Itinerary of Bering's Expedition, reduced to new style and civil account. 



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Advance party under Chirikoff left St. Petersburg 

 Bering followed 



Bering arrived at Tobolsk 



Bering left Tobolsk „ 



Chaplin, with advance guard, reached Yakutsk.. 



Bering and main body reached Ilimsk 



Chirikoff observed eclipse of the moon at Ilimsk. 



Bering arrived at Yakutsk 



Spanberg, with flotilla, left Yakutsk 



Chirikoff, with rearguard, reached Yakutsk 



Bering left Yakutsk for Okhotsk 



Bering reached Okhotsk 



P(Ovision trains arrived 



Spanberg reached Okhotsk 



Vessel Fortuna launched at Okhotsk 



Spanberg sailed with Fortuna for Kamchatka 



Chirikoff arrived at Okhotsk 



Spanberg returned with the Fortuna to Okhotsk. 



The expedition left Okhotsk for Kamchatka 



They arrived at the mouth of Bolshoia River 



They reached the settlement of Bolsheretsk . 



Spanberg started for Lower Kamchatka post 



Spanberg arrived at Lower Kamchatka 



Bering left Bolsheretsk .. 



Bering reached Upper Kamchatka village 



Eclipse of the moon visible in Kamchatka 



Bering left Middle for Lower Kamchatka 



Bering arrived at Lower Kamchatka 



Construction of the vessel Gabriel begun 



The Gabriel launched 



The Gabriel -put in commission 



The expedition put to sea in the Gabriel 



17 



25- 



Feb. 



A- 



Feb- 



16- 



Mar. 



27. 



May 



26. 



Sept. 



17- 



Oct. 



io. 



Oct. 



21. 



1726. 



June 



12. 



June 



18. 



June 



27. 



Aug. 



27. 



Oct. 



11. 



Nov. 



7- 



17- 



27- 



Jan. 



12. 



June 



19- 



July 



11. 



J«iy 



14. 



Aug. 



22. 



Sept. 



1. 



Sept. 



13- 



Sept 



IS 



Sept 



20 



Oct. 



17- 



1728. 



Jan. 



24. 



Feb. 



6. 



Feb. 



25- 



Mar. 



13- 



Mar. 



22. 



Apr. 



IS- 



June 20. 



July 



20. 



July 24. 



Saw Cape [afterward named Thaddeus] 



Sailed in Holy Cross Bay of Bering 



Entered Preobrazhenia Bay 



Met baidar with Chukchi 



Were off Chukotski Cape 



Saw St. Lawrence Island 



The expedition passed Cape Chaplin 



Passed East Cape in the fog without seeing it, and 

 later in the day saw "high land behind" them 



and mountains "on the continent" 



Reached their farthest north and turned back 



Saw East Cape and the larger Diomede Island.. 



Passed St. Lawrence Bay and Mechigme 



Saw St. Lawrence Island again 



Rounded Chukotski Cape 



Saw four baidars with natives 



Saw Preobrazhenia Bay 



Saw again and now named Cape St. Thaddeus _ . 



Anchored and rode out storm 



Reached the mouth of the Kamchatka River 



Entered the river and ended the voyage 



Total eclipse of the moon, visible in this region . 



Bering put to sea in search of land 



The search was given up 



The vessel rounded Cape Lopatka 



Arrived at Bolsheretsk 



Sailed for Okhotsk from Bolsheretsk 



Arrived at Okhotsk 



Bering started homeward from Okhotsk 



Reached Yakutsk 



Reached the Lena River 



Reached Tobolsk 



Arrived at St. Petersburg . 



1728. 

 Aug. 6. 

 Aug.10-13, 

 Aug. 16. 

 Aug. 19. 

 Aug. 20-21. 

 Aug. 21. 

 Aug. 23. 



Aug. 25. 

 Aug. 26. 

 Aug. 27. 

 Aug. 28. 

 Aug. 29. 

 Aug. 30. 

 Aug. 31. 

 Aug. 31. 

 Sept. 1. 

 Sept. 11. 

 Sept. 13. 

 Sept. 14. 



1729. 

 Feb. 13. 

 June 16. 

 June 19. 

 July 12. 

 July 14. 

 July 25. 

 Aug. 2. 

 Aug. 9. 

 Sept. 9. 

 Oct. 12. 



1730. 

 Jan. 21. 

 Mar. 12. 



NOTES ON THE MANUSCRIPT CHART [Illustration No. 69] OF BERING'S EXPEDITION OP 

 1725-'30, BELONGING TO THE COLLECTION OP BARON ROBERT KLINCKOPSTROM, STAP- 

 SUND, SWEDEN. 



In the article in the National Geographic Magazine, already referred to, I have given a sum- 

 mary of existing information in regard to the cartographic results of Bering's first Kamchatka 

 expedition. We may infer from the facts known to us that a rough chart of the land journey was 

 made from day to day and also, when practicable, during the sea voyage, and that with the 

 monthly report to the Admiralty College, which was required by his instructions, copies of these 

 rough sketches were forwarded when opportunity served. Bering had two professional cartog- 

 raphers beside Chirikoff and Chaplin, educated Naval surveyors. After his return to Kamchatka 

 he wintered at the settlement near the mouth of the river known as Lower Kamchatka and during 

 this time, without doubt, supervised the preparation of a chart of the voyage as well as his report. 

 He returned to St. Petersburg in March, 1730, bringing a chart with him. It is probable that 



