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any such theory, and hence Müller, either accidentally or
purposely, does not in his book have a word about the
voyage from the 10th to the 15th of August, and on his
map (1758) Bering’s “track” is broken off near East
Cape. This headland is Müller’s Serdze Kamen,[1] a fact
of which even a very cursory glance at Müller’s and
Bering’s maps will convince any one. But even Bering
had located the northeastern corner of Asia (East Cape)
a few minutes too far northward, and in order to make
the map coincide with his theory and with Bering’s
computations, Müller made the error greater, without,
however, fixing it at Bering’s turning-point, but at 67° 18′
N. lat., where, according to Bering’s and his own
account, it ought to be.
Thus matters stood up to the time of Cook’s third
voyage. But as Cook had on board, not only Müller’s
book and map in an English translation, but also
Bering’s map, and an excellent treatise by Dr. Campbell in
Harris’s Collection of Voyages, he could pass judgment
while at the place in question. As a matter of course he
upholds Bering. Hence, it was a natural result that
Serdze Kamen, which, as we have seen, was to coincide
with the most northerly point reached by Bering, could
no longer retain its position in the latitude of East Cape,
which was more than a degree too far south; and in
order to make Müller’s account intelligible, Captain Cook
had the choice between entirely expunging the name, or
bringing it up to an approximately correct latitude.
Cook chose the latter; and to this mistake on his part it
is due that the last splinter of Müller’s vain structure
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