Semyon Dezhnev
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Semyon Ivanovich Dezhnev was a Russian zemleprokhodets, an explorer of Siberia and the first European to sail through the Bering Strait, 80 years before Vitus Bering did. In 1648 he sailed from the Ko
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Vitus Bering
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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 F
Semyon Dezhnev
…March 7, 1605 – 1673) was a Russian zemleprokhodets, an explorer of Siberia and the first European to sail through the Bering Strait, 80 years before Vitus Bering did. In 1648 he sailed from the Kolyma River on the Arctic Ocean to the Anadyr River on the Pacific. His exploit was forgotten for almost a hundred…
Vitus Bering reconstruction
A portrait once believed to be of Vitus Bering (according to later data, it is probably of his uncle)
1966 Soviet postage stamp depicting Bering's second voyage and the discovery of the Commander Islands
Vitus Bering's expedition being wrecked on the Aleutian Islands in 1741.