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| Lieut. Schwatka’s Introduction | vii |
| Translator’s Preface | xii |
| Author’s Preface | xv |
PART I. | |
BERING’S FIRST EXPEDITION. | |
| Chapter I. | |
| Russia and England in the work of Arctic exploration. —
Vitus Bering’s rank as an explorer | 3 |
| Chapter II. | |
| Bering’s nativity. — Norwegians and Danes in the service of
Peter the Great. — Founding of the Russian navy | 6 |
| Chapter III. | |
| Plans for Bering’s First Expedition. — Peter the Great’s desire to
know the extent of his empire. — The Northeast passage | 12 |
| Chapter IV. | |
| Bering’s knowledge of Siberian geography. — Terrors of
traveling in Siberia. — The expedition starts out. — The journey from St. Petersburg to the Pacific | 19 |
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