PETROPAVLOVSK-KAMCHATSKY. Monument to the British navigator Captain darles derke. a contemporary of James dok and his successor as the head of the third Round-the-World Expedition of 1776-1779. “. . . А^г a gallant but unsuccessful attempt to penetrate the ice beyond the Bering strait . . .” the ships “Resolution” and “Discoveгy” sailed into the Avachinsk Ьау. On its shore they buried Qiarles derke, who died at sea. The monument was con­structed Ьу a delegation of visiting British sailors in 1913. “. . . to mark their appreciation of the brave and honorable career of the gallant British officer.” Photo: I. Weinstein

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PETROPAVLOVSK-KAMCHATSKY. Monument to the British navigator Captain darles derke. a contemporary of James dok and his successor as the head of the third Round-the-World Expedition of 1776-1779. “. . . А^г a gallant but unsuccessful attempt to penetrate the ice beyond the Bering strait . . .” the ships “Resolution” and “Discoveгy” sailed into the Avachinsk Ьау. On its shore they buried Qiarles derke, who died at sea. The monument was con­structed Ьу a delegation of visiting British sailors in 1913. “. . . to mark their appreciation of the brave and honorable career of the gallant British officer.” Photo: I. Weinstein