[Illustration: _THE VEGA._ Longitudinal section. ]
1. Powder magazine. 2. Instrument room. 3. Sofa in gunroom. 4. Cabin for Lieut. Brusewitz 5. Cabin fur Lieuts. Bove and Hovgaard. 6. Pantry during winter. 7. Corridor. 8. Cabin for Dr. Stuxberg and Lieut. Nordquist. 9. Gunroom. 10. Table in gunroom. 11. Cabin for Dr. Almquist. 12. Cabin for Dr. Kjellman. 13. Stove. 14. Cabin for Capt. Palander. 15. Cabin for Prof. Nordenskiöld. 16. Corridor (descent to gunroom). 17. Coal bankers. 18. Boiler. 19. Storeroom 'tween decks. 20. Pilot's cabin. 21. Cabin for Lieut. Bove built in Japan. 22. Cabin for two petty officers. 23. Petty officers' mess. 24. Cabin for carpenter's effects ) built 25. Cabin for collections. ) in Japan 26. Cabin for library. 27. Gunroom pantry. 28. Hatch to provision room. 29. Hatch to the cable-tier. 30. Hatch to room set apart for scientific purposes. 31. Galley. 32. Bunks for the crew--double rows. 33. Cable-tier and provision store. 34. Hatch to store-room. 35. Hatch to room for daily giving out of provisions. 36. Hatch to rope-room. 37. Sail-room. 38. Storeroom for water and coal. 39. Engine-room. 40. Cellar.
_a._ Thermometer case. _b._ The rudder. _c._ Binnacle with compass. _d._ ) Skylights to the gunroom. _e._ ) _f._ Mizenmast. _g._ Descent to the gunroom ) companion common _h._ Descent to the engine ) to both. _i._ Bridge. _k._ Funnel. _l._ Boats lying on gallows. _m._ Mainmast. _n._ Booms (for reserve masts, yards, &c.). _o._ Main hatch. _p._ Steam launch. _q._ Fore hatch. _r._ Hencoops. _s._ Water closet. _t._ Foremast. _u._ Smoke-cowl. _v._ Descent to lower deck (companion). _x._ Windlass. _y._ Capstan on the forecastle. _z._ Catheads.
[Illustration: _THE VEGA._ Longitudinal section. ]
A. Engine-room. B. B. Hold. C. Cable. D. Water ballast tank. E. Forecastle. F. F. Coal bunkers. G. Fireman's cabin. H. Engineer's cabin. K. Provision-room. L. Captain's cabin. M. Mate's cabin. N. Kitchen. O. Pantry. P. Saloon. Q. Q. Presses. R. Engine-room companion. S. Bridge. T. Hatch to hold. U. Descent to provision-room. V. Winch. X. Descent to engine-room. Y. Descent to forecastle and engineer's cabin. Z. Descent to captain's cabin, saloon, &c.
On the other hand my request that the _Vega_, the steamer purchased for the voyage, might be permitted to carry the man-of-war flag, was refused by the Minister of Marine in a letter of the 2nd February 1878. The _Vega_ was therefore inscribed in the following month of March in the Swedish Yacht Club. It was thus under its flag, _the Swedish man-of-war flag with a crowned O in the middle_, that the first circumnavigation of Asia and Europe was carried into effect.