The "Second Kamchatka Expedition" took place in 1735–42, with two ships, "Svyatoy Pyotr" (Saint Peter) and "Svyatoy Pavel" (Saint Paul), the latter commanded by Bering's deputy in the first expedition, Captain Aleksey Chirikov. During the Second Expedition Bering became the first Westerner to sight the coast of northwestern North America, and Chirikov was the first Westerner to land there (a storm had separated the two ships earlier). On his return leg, Bering discovered the Aleutian Islands but fell ill, and "Svyatoy Pyotr" had to take shelter on an island off Kamchatka, where Bering died (Bering Island).