The First Kamchatka Expedition of Vitus Bering, 1725-1730

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The First Kamchatka Expedition of Vitus Bering, [J L The First Kamchatka Expedition of Vitus Bering The First Kamchatka Expedition of Vitus Bering, by J L Smith,available at Book Depository with free delivery :// First Kamchatka Expedition (–) – In JanuaryPeter I prepared a special instruction for Vitus Bering before sending him to the expedition to study the northeast passage and, above all, to prove the existence of a strait between Asia and :// Vitus Jonassen Bering, also known as Ivan Ivanovich Bering, was a Danish cartographer and explorer in Russian service, and an officer in the Russian Navy.

He is known as a leader of two Russian expeditions, namely the First Kamchatka Expedition and the Great Northern Expedition, exploring the north-eastern coast of the Asian continent and from there the western coast on the North American Get this from a library.

Bering's search for the strait: the first Kamchatka Expedition, [E G Kushnarev; E A P Crownhart-Vaughan] -- Translation from Russian of an account of Vitus Bering's first expedition in from St. Petersburg to Kamchatka in search of the straits between the Asia and North America.

Includes glossary The Russian Exploring Expedition, (leader Vitus Bering) set out from St Petersburg travelling overland through Siberia. Led by the Danish explorer Vitus Bering () the expedition hoped to uncover whether Asia and North America were connected.

After wintering at Ilimsk the parties reached Okhotsk in April /vitusbering/russianexploringexpedition, For a Danish version, cf.

our article “Vitus Bering og de våde varer” (Vitus Bering and spirits) in Tværkultur nr. 6, Årbog for ToRS, Copenhagenpp. Archival Treasures and How We Use The First Kamchatka Expedition of Vitus Bering. The Second Kamchatka Expedition has left behind archival sources that are rich in content and enormous in ://   vitus bering.

Print; Events. Born in Horsen, Denmark Approx. august 5 - Commander of the first Kamchatka expedition - Discovers the Bering Strait Approx. Great Nordic expedition - Discovers Bering island   Vitus Jonassen Bering ( - ), also called Ivan Ivanovich Bering (Russian name) was a Danish seafarer and went into the service of the Russian navy in He was commissioned a second the Great Northern War he distinguished himself and was promoted to the rank of commander.

First Kamchatka expedition. In a group of Russian   Enter Vitus Bering's First Expedition Also called the First Kamchatka Expedition or Bering's First Artic Expedition.

Evreinov and Luzhin returned to St. Petersburg in or Shortly after, on January 3, (Decem Old Style) Russia's Tsar Peter the Great prepared the following orders:   The discoveries of Vitus Bering greatly expanded the Russian Empire, pioneered the geography of the North Pacific Ocean, and laid the groundwork for Russian trade and settlement in   Of value are an account of the first expedition in W.

Dale, “Notes on an Original Chart of Bering’s Expedition of – and an Original Manuscript Chart of His Second Expedition, Together With a Summary of a Journal of the First Expedition, Kept by Peter Chaplin,” Appendix 19 of U.S.

Coast and Geodetic Survey Report for /vitus-bering. In late Tsar Peter I the Great appointed Bering to take command of the First Kamchatka Expedition ( ). It is traditionally believed that the purpose of this expedition was to explore far northeastern Siberia and determine whether Asia and the Americas were connected by a land bridge, but some discussion has arisen among historians as to the accuracy of this ://   In the summer ofVitus Jonassen Bering (‒) sailed in his first Pacific voyage along the Russian coast from Kamchatka to the Arctic Ocean through the waterway that subsequently became known as the Bering Strait.

In his last major official act as tsar, in Peter the Great had commissioned this journey to determine if Asia and North America were connected by land. This book Vitus Jonassen Bering (baptised 5 August in Horsens, Denmark – 8 December on Bering Island, Russia [1] [nb 1]) was a Danish-born navigator in the service of the Russian Navy as (eventually Captain-Komandor) Витус Ионассен Беринг, known among the Russian sailors as Ivan Ivanovich Bering.

[2] He is known for his two explorations of the north-eastern coast of the Bering/en-en. Vitus Jonassen Bering (also, less correctly, Behring) (August, - Decem ) was a Danish-born navigator in the service of Russian navy, captain-komandor of the Russian Navy known among the Russian sailors as Ivan Ivanovich.

Bering was born in the town of Horsens in Denmark and died at Bering Island, near the Kamchatka Peninsula. After a voyage to the East Indies, he joined Bering synonyms, Bering pronunciation, Bering translation, English dictionary definition of Bering. Vitus Danish navigator and explorer who in sailed through the Bering Strait, proving that Asia and North America are separate :// Island of the Blue Foxes: Disaster and Triumph on Bering’s Great Voyage to Alaska by Stephen R.

Bown Madeira Park: Douglas & McIntyre, $ / Reviewed by Robin Inglis * The Great Northern Expedition ofinitiated by Emperor Peter the Great, extended Russian influence to the Aleutian Islands and to Alaska, which would remain a Russian colony until Led by   The First Kamchatka expedition () Finally, everything was ready to dispatch the expedition.

Peter the Great signed the scientific project on. Kamchatka Expeditions – Russian expeditions in the eighteenth century placed a cornerstone for consistent exploration of Siberia, the Far East, the Northern Sea coast and islands of the North Pacific Ocean.

The First Kamchatka Expedition of – was set up to research North-East Russia and seek the land connection between Asia and ://  Vitus Jonassen Bering. Born: Place: Horsens, Jutland Died: Decem Place: Bering Island Vitus Bering was a Danish navigator and notable was born in Horsens, Jutland in When he was still a young man, he left for the sea, and spent most of his life ://  Ivan Fedorov (Иван Фёдоров) († ), Russian navigator, commanding officer of the expedition to northern Alaska in After the first Kamchatka expedition of Vitus Bering ( ) the Russian exploration efforts were continued by lieutenant