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while it was in reality located on the coast of Meta
incognita beyond Davis Strait.[1] A similar error presents
itself in connection with Serdze Kamen. It can be
historically established that this name has been the object of
a double change, and that the present Serdze Kamen
on the northern coast of the Chukchee peninsula, has
nothing whatever to do with the history of Bering and
his voyage. This misunderstanding is, however, not of
recent date, for as early as in the first decade after the
voyage, it was assumed that Bering’s course, even after
he had passed East Cape, was along the coast. Thus I
find on a map by Hazius in Nuremberg, 1738,[2] and other
maps of about the same time, based on Bering’s map as
given by Du Halde, that the Gabriel’s turning point is
marked by a star near the coast with the same latitude as
the present Serdze Kamen, with the following
explanation: “Terminus litorum a Navarcho Beerings
recognitorum” This supposition gradually gained ground in
West Europe as well as in Russia, especially so, too, as
Bering’s new expedition and consequent death prevented
him from correcting the error, and as there for a
generation was nothing more known of the voyage than the
resumé which appears in Du Halde’s work. Moreover,
the manner in which the coast-line in Bering’s original
map is extended beyond East Cape, has only served to
strengthen the opinion. The fact is that Serdze Kamen
was a name unknown to Bering. It is found neither on
his map, in his own account, nor in the ship’s journal,
and could not be so found for a very obvious reason—Bering had never been there.
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