OF BERING AND CHIRIKOF ON THE Northwest Coast of America. From the Point of Their Separation in Latitude 49° 10', Longitude 176° 40′ West, to Their Return to the Same Meridian. June, July, August, September, October, 1741. GEORGE DAVIDSON PRESIDENT Of the GeogrAPHICAL SOCIETY OF THE PACIFIC. PUT IN PRINT OCTOBER 31 RIKOF ON THE NORTHWEST COAST OF AMERICA, FROM THE POINT OF THEIR SEPARATION IN LATITUDE 49° 10', LONGITUDE 176° 40′ WEST TO THEIR RETURN TO THE SAME MERID- GEORGE DAVIDSON. Read in part before the Geographical Society of the Pacific, June 29th, 1898. CONTENTS. PAGE . The Projects of Peter the Great, and the Earlier Discoveries of Bering. . Some Pertinent Facts in Russian Political History, 1730 to 1741. Bering Proposes a Voyage of Discovery and Exploration to the Northwest Bering Leaves His Anchorage. Unjust Criticisms. The Adjustment between the Simidi and Shumagin Groups The Movements of Chirikof from August 1st, When Off Cape Elizabeth. 45 |