T A B L E o f L O N G I T U D E a n d L A T I T U D E .
FOR the convenience ofthe Reader, the following Table
exhibits in one point of view the longitude and latitude
of the principal places mentioned in this -performance.
Their longitudes are eftimated from the firft meridian of
the Ifle of Eero, and from that of the Royal Obfervatory
at Greenwich, The longitude of Greenwich from Fero is
computed at 1,7° 34'45". The longitude .of the places
marked * has been taken from aftronomical obfervations.
Latitude.
/) Fero.
Longitude.
Greenwich.
Table of
Longitude
and Latitude.
gt Peterfburg —
* Mofcow —
•* Archangel —
* ToboHk —-
* Tomfk, —
■ * Irkutfk —
* Selenginfk —
Kiachta —
*Y a k u t fk —
* Ochotfk —
Bolcherelk —
* Port of St.Peter andPaul
Eaftern Extremity of. 1
Siberia J
According }
to the gene- |
ral map o f |
Ruffia J
According *j
to the chart I
ofKrenitzin.j
&Levafheff j
&Jnalafhka
T I have .omitted the feconds in the longitude from Greenwich.
I NDEX,
I N D E X .
A.
AGIAK, an interpreter, p. 133.
Aguladock, a leader of the Unalafh-
kans, taken prifoner by Solovioff, HN . £ Agulpk, a dwelling-place on Una-
lafhka, 137.
Aifchin-Giord) chief o f the Manfhurs
at the beginning of the 1 7th century,
198.
Aktunak, an ifland to "the Eafl of
Kadyak, 108.
Akun (one of the Fox Iflands), 159*
Akutan (one o f the Fox Iflands),
Wm H
Alakfu, or Alachjhak, one of the
mbit remote Eaftern iflands, 65.
Cuftoms of the inhabitants, 68.
Animals found on that ifland, ib.
Conjeftured to be not far from
the continent of America, 69.
Alaxa, one of the Fox Iflands, 254.
Albaftn, and the other Ruffian forts
on the Amoor, deftroyed by the
Chinefe, 198. The Ruffians taken
there refufe to return from
Pekin, 208.'
Aleutian IJles difcovered, 21. 29.
their Situation and names, 24.
Names o f perfons there, bear a
furprifing refemblance to thofe of
the Greenlanders, 40. Inhabitants
defcribed, 41. 46. Account
o f thofe iflands, 45. 55, ’ The
manners and cuftoms of the inhabitants
refemble thofe of the Fox
Iflands, 173. Are entirely fubje^t
to Ruffia, 174. Their number,
289. Specimen o f the Aleutian
language, 303. See. FoxIflands,
Ibiya, Novodtjikoff, FJiuprojf,
Alexeejf (Feodot). See Dejhneff,
Aleyut. See Fox Iflands.
Altai (a prince of the Calmucs), his
fuperftitious regard for the memory
of Y ermac, 194.
Amaganak, a toigon of Unalafhka,
143*
America, molt probable courfe for
difcovering the neareft coaft of
that continent, pointed out, 27.
See Iflands, Delifle, Alakfu,
Kadyak, Fox Iflands, Steller.
Amlach, one o f the Andreanoffskye
Iflands, 7 6.
Y y Ana