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Vitus Bering
1681 – 1741 · aged 60
Danish-born Russian explorer (1681-1741)
- Born
- 5 Aug 1681 · Horsens
- Died
- 1741 · Bering Island
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- 5 Aug 1681BornBorn in Horsens
- 1741DiedDied in Bering Island
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Biography
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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