Vitus Bering
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Vitus Bering was a Danish explorer who worked for the Russian Empire and led major expeditions in the early 18th century to map the waters and coastlines of northeastern Asia and Alaska. His voyages established important geographic knowledge about the region between Russia and North America, including the strait between Siberia and Alaska that now bears his name.
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- Born
- 1617
- Died
- 1675
- Works
- 6
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- Viti Beringii quondam assessoris in summo tribunali et aerario regio et historiographi regii Florus Danicus, sive, Danicarum rerum a primordio regni ad tempora usque Christiani I. Oldenburgici breviarium
- Viti Beringii Florus danicus
- Chronologia Danica
- Orosij Annilonis [pseud.] Dissertatio de bello Dano-Anglico
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Vitus Jonassen Bering (baptised 5 August 1681 – 19 December 1741), also known as Ivan Ivanovich Bering, was a Danish-born Russian cartographer, explorer, and officer in the Russian Navy. He is known as a leader of two Russian expeditions, the First Kamchatka Expedition and the Great Northern Expedition, exploring the northeastern coast of the Asian continent and from there the western coast of the North American continent. The Bering Strait, the Bering Sea, Bering Island, the Bering Glacier, and Vitus Lake were all named in his honor.
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1681 births1741 deaths18th-century Danish sailors18th-century explorers from the Russian EmpireBering SeaDanes who served in foreign militariesDanish expatriates in the Dutch RepublicDanish expatriates in the Russian EmpireDanish explorersDeaths from scurvyExplorers from Denmark–NorwayExplorers of Alaska