Vitus Bering's Explorations of the Far Northern Pacific
Overview
On voyages in 1728 and again from 1733 until 1741, Vitus Bering (1681-1741) explored the northernmost reaches of the Pacific Oce...
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Vitus Jonassen Bering
1681-1741
Danish Explorer
One of the most celebrated endeavors of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century exploration was the search for the Northwest Passage, a route between Europe...
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Vitus Bering
Born August 12, 1681, Horsens, Denmark Died December 8, 1741, Bering Island. Russia
In 1725 Russian czar Peter the Great commissioned Danish navigator Vitus Bering to explore Siberia&rs...
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Vitus Bering (1681-1741), a Dane in Russian employ, led two major exploratory expeditions that significantly expanded knowledge of the northern Pacific region.Vitus Bering was born in the Danish town ...
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Vitus Bering's Explorations of the Far Northern Pacific
Vitus Bering
Vitus Bering