Second Kamchatka Expedition

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Russian exploration expedition geographical expedition scientific expedition

The Second Kamchatka Expedition was a vast 18th-century Russian imperial exploration project led by Vitus Bering that mapped much of Siberia and the North Pacific, greatly expanding geographic and scientific knowledge of the region.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Second Kamchatka Expedition canonical	9
Second Kamchatka Voyage	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Russian exploration expedition ⓘ geographical expedition ⓘ scientific expedition ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Great Northern Expedition ⓘ Second Kamchatka Expedition ⓘ surface form: Second Kamchatka Voyage
commandedBy	Vitus Bering ⓘ
country	Russian Empire ⓘ
endDate	1743 ⓘ
impact	greatly expanded European knowledge of Siberia ⓘ greatly expanded European knowledge of the North Pacific ⓘ laid groundwork for Russian colonization of Alaska ⓘ
includedDiscipline	astronomy ⓘ cartography ⓘ ethnography ⓘ geodesy ⓘ linguistics ⓘ natural history ⓘ
includedPerson	Alexei Chirikov ⓘ surface form: Aleksei Chirikov Georg Wilhelm Steller ⓘ Johann Georg Gmelin ⓘ Louis Delisle de la Croyère ⓘ Stepan Krasheninnikov NERFINISHED ⓘ
leader	Vitus Bering ⓘ
location	Arctic Ocean ⓘ Kamchatka Peninsula ⓘ Northern Pacific Ocean ⓘ surface form: North Pacific Ocean Siberia ⓘ
namedAfter	Kamchatka Peninsula ⓘ
patron	Anna Ivanovna of Russia ⓘ surface form: Empress Anna of Russia
purpose	conduct scientific research ⓘ expand geographic knowledge ⓘ explore North Pacific regions ⓘ map Siberian coastlines ⓘ search for sea route between Russia and North America ⓘ
relatedTo	First Kamchatka Expedition ⓘ
result	confirmation that Asia and North America are separate continents ⓘ ethnographic descriptions of Siberian indigenous peoples ⓘ first European charting of parts of Alaska ⓘ improved maps of the North Pacific ⓘ large collections of flora and fauna specimens ⓘ mapping of much of the Siberian Arctic coast ⓘ mapping of the northern Pacific coasts of Asia ⓘ strengthening of Russian claims in the North Pacific ⓘ
scale	one of the largest exploration projects of the 18th century ⓘ
shipUsed	St. Paul ⓘ St. Peter ⓘ
sponsor	Tsarist government ⓘ surface form: Russian Imperial government
startDate	1733 ⓘ
subEvent	Bering’s voyage to Alaska in 1741 ⓘ Chirikov’s voyage to the northwest coast of North America ⓘ overland survey of Siberia ⓘ

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Subject: Second Kamchatka Expedition
Description of subject: The Second Kamchatka Expedition was a vast 18th-century Russian imperial exploration project led by Vitus Bering that mapped much of Siberia and the North Pacific, greatly expanding geographic and scientific knowledge of the region.

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Vitus Bering → knownFor → Second Kamchatka Expedition ⓘ

Vitus Bering → ledExpedition → Second Kamchatka Expedition ⓘ

Georg Wilhelm Steller → memberOfExpedition → Second Kamchatka Expedition ⓘ

Bering → ledExpedition → Second Kamchatka Expedition ⓘ

First Kamchatka Expedition → followedBy → Second Kamchatka Expedition ⓘ

Great Northern Expedition → alsoKnownAs → Second Kamchatka Expedition ⓘ

Second Kamchatka Expedition → alsoKnownAs → Second Kamchatka Expedition ⓘ

this entity surface form: Second Kamchatka Voyage

St. Peter → partOf → Second Kamchatka Expedition ⓘ

Anna Christina Pülse → hasPart → Second Kamchatka Expedition ⓘ

subject surface form: Vitus Bering

Pacific exploration voyage of 1721–1722 → followedBy → Second Kamchatka Expedition ⓘ