Full resolution (JPEG) - On this page / på denna sida - Chapter VI.
<< prev. page << föreg. sida << >> nästa sida >> next page >>
Below is the raw OCR text
from the above scanned image.
Do you see an error? Proofread the page now!
Här nedan syns maskintolkade texten från faksimilbilden ovan.
Ser du något fel? Korrekturläs sidan nu!
This page has been proofread at least once.
(diff)
(history)
Denna sida har korrekturlästs minst en gång.
(skillnad)
(historik)
the heart-cliff. It is quite improbable that they got this
name from the Cossacks in Anadyrsk, and hence we here
undoubtedly have the origin of the name.[1]
In Steller’s various works one can see what confused
ideas concerning Bering’s first expedition the academists
who wrote his history really had. They succeeded in
bringing confusion into the simplest questions, and, as a
result, wrecked his reputation. In Steller’s description of
Kamchatka, where he enumerates the headlands of the
peninsula, a remarkable statement is found, which offers
excellent proof of the correctness of Lütke’s opinion.[2]
The situation of Serdze Kamen between East Cape and
the mouth of the Anadyr is here distinctly given.
Hence, according to his opinion, Bering reached no
farther than to St. Kresta Bay, and the sarcastic remarks
plainly show Steller’s partisan view.[3] Müller was not so
rash. When he moved Cape Chukotskoi half a dozen
degrees farther to the north, he moved Serdze Kamen
also, and carried it from St. Kresta Bay up into Bering
Strait.
In this cool move he was fortunate enough to get into
a closer agreement with Bering’s determination of
latitude, but unfortunately hit upon new difficulties. His
own map is based upon Bering’s, as he had no other, but
Bering’s voyage did not, as is well known, end at any
headland. Neither his chart nor his journal supports
<< prev. page << föreg. sida << >> nästa sida >> next page >>
