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- 208 - Chapter 6 [[Shishmarev, Gleb Semyonovich, 1781-1835|Shishmarev]]'s Article This article by [[Shishmarev, Gleb Semyonovich, 1781-1835|Shishmarev]] is apparently the only pub- lished account of the expedition dealing with a topical sub- ject. It appeared in 1851, and except for the opening and closing paragraphs was taken directly from his journal. Captain [[Shishmarev, Gleb Semyonovich, 1781-1835|Shishmarev]]'s Information about the [[Chukchi|Chukchi]] in 1821 In addition to information about the [[Chukchi|Chukchi]] of the northeast coast of [[Siberia]] collected by [[Plenisner, Friedrich, 1711-1778|Plenisner]] (1765),1 [[Billings, Joseph, 1761-1806|Billings]] (1791), [[Sarychev, Gavriil Andreevich, 1763-1831|Sarychev]] (1791), and [[Lütke, Friedrich Benjamin von, 1797-1882|Litke]] (1828), we are adding information gathered by Captain [[Shishmarev, Gleb Semyonovich, 1781-1835|Shishmarev]] on the sloop "Good Intent" in 1821 on [[St. Lawrence (island)|St. Lawrence Island]] and in [[St. Lawrence (bay)|St. Lawrence]] and [[Mechigmenskaia (bay)]] bays during his famous expedition with Captain [[Vasil'ev, Mikhail Nikolayevich, 1770-1847|Vasilev]] in [[Bering Strait]], described in [[Berkh, Vasiliĭ Nikolaevich, 1781-1834|Berkh]]'s chronological history and in the article, "Russian voyages round the world" by [[G. Ivashintsov]] of parts VII and VIII of our journal.2 This information, in its comprehensiveness surpassing everything before it, is taken from Mr. [[Shishmarev, Gleb Semyonovich, 1781-1835|Shish- marev]]'s journal preserved in the archives of the [[Hydrographic Department]]. "With good weather and a slight breeze from the WSW (on July 9, 1821), we succeeded, while sailing, in surveying