sary, however, to state at present, that the able navigator, just
now named, had it in his power, from more favourable circumstances, to
correct the positions of some of the islands seen by Captain Gore, and
assigned to them in the following section, as Sulphur Island, North
Island, &c. But the corrections, though important for nautical
purposes, are not of so much consequence in a general point of view,
as to justify any particular remarks on the text. It is enough,
perhaps, to notice the circumstance here, and to take advantage of the
improvements of Krusenstern or others on any map or chart it may be
expedient to affix to a subsequent portion of this work. The result of
K.'s labours, it may be remarked, will require a modification to no
mean amount of all the maps and charts of the regions we are now
contemplating.--E.

[93] From Muller's account of the course steered by Captain Spanberg, in
his route from Kamtschatka to Japan, it appears, that he must also
undoubtedly have seen De Gama's Land, if it really has the extent
given it in Mr D'Anville's maps. Walton, who commanded a vessel in the
same expedition, seems also to have looked in vain for this land on
his return from Japan; and three years afterward, on account of some
doubts that had arisen respecting Spanberg's course, Beering went
directly in search of it, as low as the latitude of 46 deg..--See _Voyages
et Decouvertes_, &c. p. 210, et seq.

[94] This land was seen by the Dutchmen who sailed in the Castricom and
Breskes, and imagined by them to be part of the continent of America.
There now remains scarce any doubt of its being the islands of Ooroop
and Nadeegsda. See the journals of the Castricom and Breskes,
published by Wetzer.

[95] This land was also discovered by the Castricom; and, from its
situation, as described in the journal of that vessel, it appears to
be the islands of the Three Sisters.

[96] The country of Jeso, which has so long been a stumbling-block to our
modern geographers, was first brought to the knowledge of Europeans by
the Dutch vessels mentioned in the preceding notes. The name appears,
from the earliest accounts, to have been well known, both to the
Japanese and the Kamtschadales; and used by them, indiscriminately,
for all the islands lying between Kamtschatka and Japan. It has since
been applied to