First Kamchatka Expedition

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Russian exploration expedition naval expedition scientific expedition

The First Kamchatka Expedition was an early 18th-century Russian naval and scientific voyage led by Vitus Bering to explore and map the waters and coastlines of northeastern Siberia and the North Pacific.

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Label	Occurrences
First Kamchatka Expedition canonical	8
Bering’s First Kamchatka Expedition	1
First Kamchatka voyage	1
First Kamchatsky Expedition	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Russian exploration expedition ⓘ naval expedition ⓘ scientific expedition ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	First Kamchatka Expedition ⓘ surface form: Bering’s First Kamchatka Expedition First Kamchatka Expedition ⓘ surface form: First Kamchatsky Expedition
commander	Vitus Bering ⓘ
country	Russia ⓘ
departurePoint	Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire ⓘ surface form: Saint Petersburg
disciplineInvolved	cartography ⓘ geography ⓘ hydrography ⓘ
endDate	1730 ⓘ
era	18th century ⓘ
followedBy	Second Kamchatka Expedition ⓘ
governingAuthority	Imperial Russian Navy ⓘ
historicalSignificance	first major Russian state-sponsored expedition to the North Pacific ⓘ foundation for later Russian claims in Alaska and the Aleutian region ⓘ
leader	Vitus Bering ⓘ
location	Kamchatka Peninsula ⓘ Pacific Ocean ⓘ surface form: North Pacific Ocean northeastern Siberia ⓘ
member	Alexei Chirikov ⓘ surface form: Aleksei Chirikov
namedAfter	Kamchatka Peninsula ⓘ
notableEvent	construction of the ship Saint Gabriel on the Kamchatka coast ⓘ crossing of Siberia from Saint Petersburg to Okhotsk overland ⓘ voyage from Kamchatka into the North Pacific ⓘ
partOf	Russian expansion in Siberia ⓘ Russian exploration of the Pacific ⓘ
patron	Peter the Great ⓘ
purpose	to expand Russian geographic knowledge ⓘ to explore the waters off northeastern Siberia ⓘ to investigate whether Asia and North America were connected by land ⓘ to map the coastlines of northeastern Siberia ⓘ to support Russian imperial expansion in the North Pacific ⓘ
regionExplored	Bering Sea ⓘ coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula ⓘ waters between Siberia and North America ⓘ
result	demonstrated that Asia and North America are separated by sea ⓘ laid groundwork for the Second Kamchatka Expedition ⓘ mapped parts of the northeastern Siberian coast ⓘ provided new geographic and hydrographic data ⓘ
shipUsed	St. Gabriel ⓘ surface form: Saint Gabriel
sponsor	Russian Empire ⓘ
stagingArea	Okhotsk ⓘ surface form: Nizhnekamchatsk Okhotsk ⓘ
startDate	1725 ⓘ
timePeriod	reign of Peter the Great ⓘ

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Vitus Bering → knownFor → First Kamchatka Expedition ⓘ

Vitus Bering → ledExpedition → First Kamchatka Expedition ⓘ

Bering → ledExpedition → First Kamchatka Expedition ⓘ

First Kamchatka Expedition → alsoKnownAs → First Kamchatka Expedition ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bering’s First Kamchatka Expedition

First Kamchatka Expedition → alsoKnownAs → First Kamchatka Expedition ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Kamchatsky Expedition

Great Northern Expedition → predecessor → First Kamchatka Expedition ⓘ

St. Gabriel → partOf → First Kamchatka Expedition ⓘ

Second Kamchatka Expedition → relatedTo → First Kamchatka Expedition ⓘ

Anna Christina Pülse → hasPart → First Kamchatka Expedition ⓘ

subject surface form: Vitus Bering

Pacific exploration voyage of 1721–1722 → alsoKnownAs → First Kamchatka Expedition ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Kamchatka voyage