Vancouver, Captain George, Explorations by, 66, 68 _Veratrum viride_, Mention of, 114 Ward, Lester F., Report on fossil plants, 199, 200 White, Thomas, Member of expedition, 76 --, Work of, 158, 160 Willis, Baily, contribution to exploration fund by, 75 Williams, C. A., contribution to exploration fund by, 75 Williams, William, explorations by, 73, 74 Yakutat bay, Arrival at, 79 -- --, Base camp on Western shore of, 86, 89 -- --, Shores of described, 57 -- --, Synonomy of, 56 -- Indians, described by Dixon, 61 -- system, Description of rocks of, 167 -- -- named, 131 VOL. III, PP. 205-261, I-XXXV, PL. 21, FEBRUARY 19, 1892 THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE [Illustration: National Geographic Society seal] WASHINGTON PUBLISHED BY THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY. Price, 75 cents. CONTENTS. Page. The Cartography and Observations of Bering's First Voyage; by A. W. GREELY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 Height and Position of Mount St. Elias; by ISRAEL C. RUSSELL . . 231 The Heart of Africa; by E. C. HORE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238 Report of Committee on Exploration in Alaska . . . . . . . . . . 248 Notes--La Carte de France, dite de l'Etat Major, par M. J. COLLET 250 Polar Regions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252 The Crossing of Tibet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 Statistics of Railways in United States . . . . . . . . . 255 Index to volume III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257 Title-page and Imprimatur of Board of Managers . . . . . . . i Contents and Illustrations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii Publications of the National Geographic Society . . . . . . . v Proceedings of the National Geographic Society . . . . . . . vii Officers of the Society for 1892 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv Members of the Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv {205} VOL. III, PP. 205-230, PL. 21, JANUARY 28, 1892 THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE THE CARTOGRAPHY AND OBSERVATIONS OF BERING'S FIRST VOYAGE. BY GENERAL A. W. GREELY. (_Presented before the Society March 20, 1891._)