2018年5月21日 · Vitus Bering (1681-1741), a Dane in Russian employ, led two major exploratory expeditions that significantly expanded knowledge of the northern Pacific region. Vitus Bering …

2018年5月21日 · BERING, VITUS JONASSEN (1681–1741), Russian explorer of Danish descent. Vitus Bering [1] was the captain-commander of two expeditions exploring the relative positions …

In 1725 he sent Vitus Bering, a Dane serving in the Russian Navy, on a voyage of discovery. Setting off from the Kamchatka Peninsula, Bering sailed north along Russia's east coast, …

Vitus Jonassen Bering. 1681-1741. Danish Explorer. One of the most celebrated endeavors of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century exploration was the search for the Northwest Passage, a …

The latter, in which Bering himself perished, resulted in the mapping of virtually all of the Arctic and northern Pacific coastline. By the time of the next notable venture into the Bering Strait, by …

2023年11月21日 · Beringia was named for Vitus Bering, the leader of a Russian expedition into the north Pacific that surveyed the gap between Siberia and Alaska. Swedish botanist Eric …

The Bering Strait connects the easternmost point of Asia (in Russia) with the westernmost point of North America (in Alaska). This strait is named for a Danish explorer named Vitus Bering . He ...

Vitus Bering: Vitus Bering was a Danish-born, Russian explorer. Born on 5 August 1681 in Horsens, Denmark, he died on an uninhabited island on 19 December 1741. The island was …

Vitus Bering: Vitus Bering was a Danish-born explorer that spent most of his career in the Russian navy service (1704 to 1741). He was the leader of the First Kamchatka Expedition and the …

Vitus Bering: Vitus Jonassen Bering was born on 5 August 1681 in Horsens, Denmark. His parents were Anne Pedersdatter and Jonas Svendsen; however, he was named after Vitus …