, ▁Mil es cu ▁used ▁the ▁ast rol abe ▁to ▁establish ▁coordinates ▁of ▁some ▁settlement s . ▁His ▁materials ▁were ▁later ▁used ▁by ▁the ▁Jes uits , ▁who ▁took ▁considerable ▁interest ▁in ▁China . ▁Upon ▁returning ▁to ▁Moscow , ▁he ▁submitted ▁to ▁the ▁Foreign ▁Ministry ▁three ▁volumes ▁of ▁notes : ▁Tra vel ▁notes ▁and ▁Description ▁of ▁China , ▁alongside ▁the ▁Tra vel s . ▁ ▁In ▁his ▁narr atives , ▁Mil es cu ▁sum med ▁up ▁the ▁knowledge ▁that ▁Russian ▁expl or ers ▁had ▁gathered ▁about ▁East ▁Si ber ia . ▁Although ▁he ▁believed ▁that ▁the ▁Am ur ▁was ▁the ▁largest ▁river ▁in ▁the ▁world , ▁he ▁listed ▁its ▁main ▁trib ut aries ▁without ▁mistake . ▁His ▁idea ▁that ▁there ▁was ▁a ▁vast ▁mountain ▁range ▁stretch ing ▁from ▁the ▁Ba ikal ▁to ▁the ▁Ok hot sk ▁Sea , ▁although ▁fund ament ally ▁wrong , ▁was ▁widely ▁believed ▁by ▁many ▁ge ograph ers ▁until ▁the ▁mid - 2 0 th ▁century . ▁He ▁also ▁heard ▁rum ours ▁about ▁Sak hal in , ▁which ▁he ▁supposed ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁same ▁island ▁as ▁H ok ka id ō , ▁thus ▁consider ably ▁ex agger ating ▁its ▁dimensions . ▁ ▁Bog dan ▁Pet rice ic u - Has de u ▁believed ▁that ▁Mil es cu ▁was ▁the ▁author ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁translation ▁of ▁the ▁Bible ▁into ▁Roman ian , ▁the ▁Buch ar est ▁edition ▁( print ed ▁in ▁ 1 6 8 8 , ▁during ▁the ▁rule ▁of ▁Prince ▁ Ş er ban ▁Cant ac uz ino