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                   RUSSIAN EXPLORATIONS, 1725-1743.

                             VITUS BERING:

                   THE DISCOVERER OF BERING STRAIT.


                                  BY

                           PETER LAURIDSEN,

    MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL OF THE ROYAL DANISH GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY,
          EDITOR OF JENS MUNK'S "NAVIGATIO SEPTENTRIONALIS."

       REVISED BY THE AUTHOR, AND TRANSLATED FROM THE DANISH BY

                           JULIUS E. OLSON,

  ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF SCANDINAVIAN LANGUAGES