Baranof Castle, Sitka, 301.
Barber, Captain, at Sitka, 310.
Barclay, English sea-captain, 224, 227, 254, 264, 272.
Barnes, sailor with Gray, 230.
Barrell, Joseph, 211, 215, 229, 241.
Bassof, otter hunter, 82-83.
Begg, cited, 290 n.
Behm, Major, 196, 208.
Behm Canal, 286.
Benyowsky, Mauritius, Polish exile to Kamchatka, 108-110; career of, at
Bolcheresk, 113-122; escapes to sea on pirate cruise, 122; meets Ochotyn
at Bering Island, 123-124; visits Alaska, 125; adventures of, in Luzon,
Formosa, and China, 126-127; holds French commission in Madagascar, 137;
returns to Europe, goes to Baltimore, and is sent on filibustering
expedition to Madagascar, 127; death of, 127-128; authorities for, 128 n.
Berg, cited, 11 n., 22 n., 129, 295.
Bering, Anna, 8 n.
Bering, Jonas, 8 n.
Bering, Thomas, 22 n.
Bering, Unos, 22.
Bering, Vitus Ivanovich, birth and early history of, 8; commissioned by
Peter the Great to explore waters between Russia and America, 8-10; first
expedition of (1725-1730), 10-12; second expedition undertaken by, 12;
difficulties of, with scientists about "Gamaland," 13-15, 19, 22, 24;
arrival of expedition of, at Okhotsk, 16; start of, from Avacha Bay,
Kamchatka (1741), 17; cruise of, in _St.
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