_n_

Nathorst, A.G., ii. 332, 394, 408

Nay, C., i. 232

Nearchus, i. 169

Nedrevaag, A.O., i. 298

Negri, C., i. 34; ii. 443

Nephrite among the Eskimo, ii. 236;
among the Chinese, ii. 236_n_, 399

Neremskoe, i. 172

Neumann, C. von, ii. 79, 118

New Siberian Islands, i. 23, 131_n_, 132, 413; ii. 171_n_;
exploratory journeys to, i. 412;
first visited by Europeans, ii. 204;
journeys to, ii. 205

Nierop, i. 203

Nikul river, ii. 167

Nilson, K., ii. 453

Njaskaja, i. 370

Noah Elisej, ii. 50; portrait, ii. 51

Noah's Wood, i. 30, 207, 381; ii. 207_n_

Nobel, A., ii. 452

Nordenskioeld, K., i. 320; ii. 406_n_

_Nordenskioeld_ (steamer), ii. 298, 301

Nordquist, O.,
i. 4, 37, 39, 187, 200, 202, 319, 321, 327, 444, 446_n_, 489;
ii. 12, 44, 82, 115, 315, 362, 369, 371, 435, 447;
excursion to Menka's home, i. 497;
visit to Pidlin, i. 502;
excursion to Nutschoitjin, ii. 18;
on the animals wintering in Chukch Laud, ii. 44;
portrait, ii. 435

Nordvik, ii. 190

Noril Mountains, i. 360

North-east Land, inland ice on, i. 176

North-east Passage, reasons of search for, i. 58, 231;
prize for its discovery, i. 246

North Pole, said to have been reached, i. 263

Norways, the i. 109

Northbrook, Earl of, ii. 451

Notti, ii. 7, 19, 22, 129; portrait, ii. 8

Novara Elliya, ii. 432

Novaya Sibir, ii. 204, 205, 206

Novaya Zemlya, animal life there, i. 107;
first known to West-Europeans, i. 215;
its name, i. 216;
Russian landmarks on, i. 228_n_;
its northern extremity passed for the first time, i. 248;
proposal to colonise it, i. 271_n_;
supposed riches in metals, i. 277;
Russian voyages to, i. 280;
Norwegian voyages to, i. 293;
curcumnavigation of, i. 297

Nummelin, G.A., i. 211, 314; portrait, i. 316

Nunamo, ii. 222

Nutschoitjin, excursion to, ii. 18

O

Ob, Gulf of, Owzyn's voyage on, ii. 185, 186;
surveyed, ii. 186

Ob, river territory, i. 372_n_;
navigable, i. 374;
first mentioned, ii. 157;
Russian navigation to in former times, i. 226, 244, 271;
English vessel stranded at, i. 229_n_, 256;
vessel stranded east of, i. 271;
Russian expedition to, ii. 183;
recent voyages to, i. 313

Obdorsk, i. 204, 290; ii. 185, 186

Observatory, magnetical, at Pitlekaj, i. 473, 509

Oiwaki, ii. 352

Okotsk, ii. 174

Okotsk, Sea of,
bottom frozen, ii. 61_n_;
navigation on, ii. 175, 176

Okuschi, ii. 364

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