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Page 56
... named " Puerto del Desengaño , " or " Disenchantment bay , " as it has been rendered by English writers . " " The waters of Yakutat and Disenchantment bays are deep , and broken only by islands and reefs along their eastern shores . A ...
... named " Puerto del Desengaño , " or " Disenchantment bay , " as it has been rendered by English writers . " " The waters of Yakutat and Disenchantment bays are deep , and broken only by islands and reefs along their eastern shores . A ...
Page 58
... named “ Mount St. Elias , " after the patron saint of the day . Cook , 1778 . The next explorer to visit this portion of Alaska was Captain James Cook , who sailed past the entrance of Yakutat bay on May 4 , 1778. Thinking that this was ...
... named “ Mount St. Elias , " after the patron saint of the day . Cook , 1778 . The next explorer to visit this portion of Alaska was Captain James Cook , who sailed past the entrance of Yakutat bay on May 4 , 1778. Thinking that this was ...
Page 60
... named " Bering's bay " by Captain Cook . It will be remembered that Cook's " Bering's bay " is Yakutat bay as now known . It is evident that the French navigator made an error in his identification , as the inlet designated as Bering's ...
... named " Bering's bay " by Captain Cook . It will be remembered that Cook's " Bering's bay " is Yakutat bay as now known . It is evident that the French navigator made an error in his identification , as the inlet designated as Bering's ...
Page 63
... named " Admiralty bay . " A survey of the adjacent shores and inlets was made , and the astronomical position of the anchorage was approximately de- termined . The map resulting from these surveys , the first ever made of any portion of ...
... named " Admiralty bay . " A survey of the adjacent shores and inlets was made , and the astronomical position of the anchorage was approximately de- termined . The map resulting from these surveys , the first ever made of any portion of ...
Page 64
... named for the second mate of the Queen Charlotte , who was the first of her officers to land ; the second name was probably designed to honor another officer of the expedition , but of this I am not positive . DOUGLAS , 1788 ; * In 1788 ...
... named for the second mate of the Queen Charlotte , who was the first of her officers to land ; the second name was probably designed to honor another officer of the expedition , but of this I am not positive . DOUGLAS , 1788 ; * In 1788 ...
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