VOL. III, PP. 205-261, I-XXXV, PL. 21, FEBRUARY 19, 1892 THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 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._) It was with no ordinary pleasure that the members of the National Geographic Society listened to the critical review and admirable essay on Bering's first expedition, 1725-1730, read before this Society, together with a translation of Bering's report on the expedition in question, by one of our learned and distinguished members, Professor William H. Dall. The subject then under consideration is one of great interest, and this Society owes a debt of gratitude to Professor Dall for his assiduous labor in collating and translating the available data on this voyage, and must indorse the general conclusions reached in a critical essay which is the result of careful, conscientious research conjoined to much erudition. It is especially fortunate, in view of the vagueness of Bering's report, that it should have been translated and reviewed by a traveler and investigator so thoroughly familiar with the topography of Bering strait and the adjacent region.