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About, or foon after the time above- 
mentioned, the Czar Iwan Wasilje- 
witsch II. laid the foundation for the 
difcovery of our new iflands; which are 
fo many in number, that they may well 
deferve the name of a New Archipelago. 
After he had made himfelf mailer of all 
Siberia, he wifhed to be acquainted with 
the frontiers of that country to the north 
and eaft, and with the inhabitants of 
thofe parts. For that purpofe he fent fe- 
veral Prikaflfchicke, or Commiffaries, to 
the different frontiers, who, on their re- 
turn, after his death, during the reign of 
his fon and fucceflbr, the Czar Feodor 
Iwanowitsch, brought the firft account 
that Siberia was bounded by the frozen 
fea to the north, and by the ocean to the 
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