Vitus Bering (Person) AKA Ivan Ivanovich Bering
Vitus Bering
1681 AD - 1741 AD
AKA Ivan Ivanovich Bering
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 continent.
The Bering Strait, the Bering Sea, Bering Island, the Bering Glacier and the Bering Land Bridge were all named in his honor.
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