VOL. III, PP. 53-204, PLS. 2-20, MAY 29, 1891 THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE AN EXPEDITION TO MOUNT ST. ELIAS, ALASKA ISRAEL C. RUSSELL WASHINGTON PUBLISHED BY THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY Price $1.50. {53} VOL. III, PP. 53-204, PLS. 2-20, MAY 29, 1891 THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE AN EXPEDITION TO MOUNT ST. ELIAS, ALASKA BY ISRAEL C. RUSSELL. (_Accepted for publication March 18, 1891._) CONTENTS. Page. Introduction--The Southern Coast of Alaska . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Part I--Previous Explorations in the St. Elias Region . . . . . . 58 Bering, 1741 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Cook, 1778 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 La Pérouse, 1786 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Dixon, 1787 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Douglas, 1788 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Malaspina, 1792 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Vancouver, 1794 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Belcher, 1837 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Tebenkof, 1852 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1874, 1880 . . . . 70 New York _Times_ Expedition, 1886 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Topham Expedition, 1888 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73