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About Vitus Bering
Vitus Jonassen Bering, 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.
Everything about Vitus Bering →- Occupation
- explorer, hydrographer, naval officer, seafarer
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Denmark, Russian Empire
- Born
- August 5, 1681, 1681
- Died
- December 8, 1741, December 19, 1741