_Dates corrected to ordinary calendar, beginning at midnight._
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| | Date. | Date.
| Authorities.| Old Style. | New Style.
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1725. | | |
Advance party under Chirikoff | | |
left St. Petersburg | H. L. | Jan. 24. | Feb. 4.
Bering followed | B. L. M. | Feb. 5. | Feb. 16.
Bering arrived at Tobolsk | B. H. L. M. | March 16. | March 27.
Bering left Tobolsk | Bering. | May 15. | May 27.
Bering arrived at Ilimsk, | | |
where they spent the winter | | |
of 1725-6 | L. | Sept. 29. | Oct. 10.
Lunar eclipse obs. at Ilimsk | Chirikoff. | Oct. 10. |
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1726. | | |
Bering arrived at Yakutsk | L. | Mid. June. | End June.
Bering left Yakutsk | L. | Aug. 16. | Aug. 27.
Bering reached Okhotsk | L. | Sept. 30. | Oct. 11.
Bering's provision train | | |
arrived at Okhotsk | L. | End Oct. | Mid. Nov.
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1727. | | |
Spanberg reached Okhotsk | | |
(Jan. 6, L) | M. H. | Jan. 1. | Jan. 12.
Vessel _Fortuna_ launched at | | |
Okhotsk | L. | June 8. | June 19.
Spanberg sailed for Bolshoia | | |
river | M. H. L. | June 30. | July 11.
Chirikoff arrived at Okhotsk | B. M. L. | July 3. | July 14.
Spanberg returned with Fortuna| L. | Aug. 11. | Aug. 22.
Bering and party sailed for | | |
Bolshoia river (Lauridsen | | |
says August 19) | B. M. H. | Aug. 21. | Sept. 1.
Bering arrived at Bolshoia | | |
river | M. | Sept. 2. | Sept. 13.
Bering arrived at Bolsheretsk | L. | Sept. 4. | Sept. 15.
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1728. | | |
Partial eclipse of moon, | | |
visible in Kamchatka, last | | |
contact 7^h 41^m P.M. | Oppolzer. | Feb. 14. | Feb. 25.
Bering arrived at Lower | | |
Kamchatka | L. | March 11. | March 22.
Vessel Gabriel put on the | | |
stocks | B. H. M. | April 4. | April 15.
The Gabriel launched | | |
(Lauridsen says she sailed | | |
to the mouth of the river | | |
July 9) | B. H. M. | June 10. | June 21.
The expedition left the river | | |
to commence explorations | B. H. L. | July 13. | July 24.
The expedition sailed | | |
northward | M. | July 14. | July 25.
Bering reached his | | |
northernmost point and | | |
started on his return | M. H. B. L. | Aug. 15. | Aug. 26.
They reached the Kamchatka | | |
river on their return | H. L. | Sept. 2. | Sept. 13.
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1729. | | |
Total eclipse of the moon, | | |
visible in this region, | | |
beginning at 6^h 06^m A.M. | Oppolzer. | Feb. 2. | Feb. 13.
Bering sailed E. from | | |
Kamchatka river (Lauridsen | | |
says July, which is | | |
erroneous) | M. H. | June 5. | June 16.
Bering steered to the | | |
southwest | L. | June 8. | June 19.
The party arrived at | | |
Bolsheretsk | | July 2. | July 13.
Bering sailed for Okhotsk | L. | July 14. | July 25.
Bering arrived at Okhotsk | M. Ber. | July 23. | Aug. 3.
Bering left Okhotsk | H. | July 29. | Aug. 9.
Total eclipse of the moon | | |
same day, but not visible | | |
in this part of Asia | Oppolzer. | July 29. | Aug. 9.
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1730. | | |
Bering arrived at St. | | |
Petersburg | H. M. B. L. | March 1. | March 12.
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