Bering : The Russian Discovery of America

List of Illustrations ix Bering Family Tree xi Preface xiii Chronology of Events xix Introduction 1(14) PART I: CROSSING SIBERIA 15(92) 1. Vitus Bering Signs on with Russia 17(12) 2. Never on Land Had So Many Gone So Far 29(19) 3. Into the Icy Sea 48(17) 4. A Dream of Empire 65(9) 5. Set Up to Fail 74(19) 6. Letters Home: Anna Bering in Command 93(14) PART II: VOYAGE TO AMERICA 107(108) 7. Steller Signs on with Bering 109(18) 8. From Kamchatka to North America 127(23) 9. First Landing: Kayak Island 150(15) 10. Scurvy 165(17) 11. Native Americans 182(17) 12. Cruel Waves 199(16) PART III: SHIPWRECK AND SURVIVAL 215(55) 13. Decision to Land: Bering Island 217(7) 14. Death Camp 224(7) 15. Berings Death 231(15) 16. How Berings Men Got Off the Island 246(24) Conclusion 270(15) Notes 285(18) Bibliography 303(14) Acknowledgments 317(3) Index 320