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After having passed East Cape on the 14th of August,
he no longer sailed along the coast. On that day
at noon they still saw land astern, and three hours
later, high mountains, but during the succeeding
forty-eight hours land was seen neither to the east nor the
west.
As we have seen, the journal gives the turning point
as 4° 44′ east of Cape Chukotskoi, and Dr. Campbell
gives another series of astronomical determinations, sent
by Bering from Kamchatka to the Senate in St.
Petersburg, and these show in a striking way that the turning
point was east of the northeastern corner of Asia.
According to these:[1]
The Island of St. Lawrence is 64° north latitude and
122° 55′ east of Tobolsk.
The Island of Diomede is 66° north latitude and 125°
42′ east of Tobolsk.
The turning point, 67° 18′ north latitude and 126° 7′
east of Tobolsk.
Hence, Serdze Kamen (67° 3′ north latitude and 188°
11′ east of Greenwich), as Berch[2] expressly remarks, must have lain more than four degrees west of the turning
point. That this must have been so appears also from
the course of the vessel on its return, west southwest,
which would have been impossible, if the Gabriel had
been near the north coast, intending to return through
the strait. Among recent writers, Von Baer[3]; alone
critically calls attention to these facts, without, however,
thoroughly investigating the case. This I shall now
attempt to do.
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