Vitus Bering

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cartographer explorer historical figure naval officer

Vitus Bering was an 18th-century Danish-born explorer in Russian service, best known for leading expeditions that charted parts of the Arctic and North Pacific and helped clarify the separation between Asia and North America.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Vitus Bering canonical	35
Vitus Bering (in later historiography)	1
Vitus Jonassen Bering	1

Statements (57)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cartographer ⓘ explorer ⓘ historical figure ⓘ naval officer ⓘ
associatedWith	Bering Glacier ⓘ Bering Island ⓘ Bering Land Bridge (concept name origin) ⓘ Bering Sea ⓘ Bering Strait ⓘ
birthCountry	Denmark–Norway ⓘ
birthDate	1681-08-05 ⓘ
birthPlace	Horsens ⓘ
birthRegion	Jutland ⓘ
burialPlace	Bering Island ⓘ
causeOfDeath	scurvy ⓘ
citizenship	Denmark–Norway ⓘ Russian Empire ⓘ
clarifiedGeographyOf	separation between Asia and North America ⓘ
commissionedBy	Peter the Great ⓘ Russian Empire ⓘ surface form: Russian Imperial government
deathCountry	Russian Empire ⓘ
deathDate	1741-12-19 ⓘ
deathPlace	Bering Island ⓘ
deathRegion	Commander Islands ⓘ
employer	Imperial Russian Navy ⓘ
era	18th century ⓘ
exploredRegion	Bering Sea ⓘ Bering Strait ⓘ Chukchi Sea ⓘ Kamchatka Peninsula ⓘ Siberian continental shelf ⓘ surface form: Siberian Arctic coast coasts of Alaska ⓘ
familyName	Bering ⓘ
givenName	Vitus ⓘ
knownFor	First Kamchatka Expedition ⓘ Great Northern Expedition ⓘ Second Kamchatka Expedition ⓘ exploration of the Arctic ⓘ exploration of the North Pacific Ocean ⓘ proving separation of Asia and North America ⓘ
ledExpedition	First Kamchatka Expedition ⓘ Great Northern Expedition ⓘ Second Kamchatka Expedition ⓘ
militaryRank	captain-commander ⓘ
name	Vitus Bering self-link ⓘ
nationality	Danish ⓘ
notableAchievement	mapped parts of the Arctic coast of Siberia ⓘ mapped parts of the North Pacific coast of North America ⓘ
occupation	explorer ⓘ naval officer ⓘ
provedExistenceOf	strait between Asia and North America ⓘ
religion	Lutheranism ⓘ
serviceBranch	Russian Navy ⓘ
shipCommanded	St. Gabriel ⓘ St. Peter ⓘ
spouse	Anna Christina Pülse ⓘ
workedIn	Russian service ⓘ

Referenced by (37)

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

Northwest Passage → exploredBy → Vitus Bering ⓘ

Bering Strait → namedAfter → Vitus Bering ⓘ

Bering Strait → exploredBy → Vitus Bering ⓘ

Bering Sea → namedAfter → Vitus Bering ⓘ

Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky → foundedBy → Vitus Bering ⓘ

Bering Land Bridge → namedAfter → Vitus Bering ⓘ

Vitus Bering → name → Vitus Bering self-link ⓘ

Diomede Islands → discoveredBy → Vitus Bering ⓘ

Commander Islands → namedAfter → Vitus Bering ⓘ

Commander Islands → discoveredBy → Vitus Bering ⓘ

Russian Alaska → exploredBy → Vitus Bering ⓘ

Komandorski Islands → namedAfter → Vitus Bering ⓘ

Komandorski Islands → discoveredByEuropeans → Vitus Bering ⓘ

European explorers → notableExplorer → Vitus Bering ⓘ

Vitus → hasNotableBearer → Vitus Bering ⓘ

Bering → fullName → Vitus Bering ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vitus Jonassen Bering

First Kamchatka Expedition → leader → Vitus Bering ⓘ

First Kamchatka Expedition → commander → Vitus Bering ⓘ

Great Northern Expedition → leader → Vitus Bering ⓘ

St. Gabriel → commander → Vitus Bering ⓘ

St. Gabriel → usedBy → Vitus Bering ⓘ

St. Gabriel → associatedWithPerson → Vitus Bering ⓘ

Second Kamchatka Expedition → leader → Vitus Bering ⓘ

Second Kamchatka Expedition → commandedBy → Vitus Bering ⓘ

St. Peter → usedBy → Vitus Bering ⓘ

St. Peter → hasCaptain → Vitus Bering ⓘ

St. Peter → expeditionLeader → Vitus Bering ⓘ

Anna Christina Pülse → spouse → Vitus Bering ⓘ

Anna Christina Pülse → namedAfter → Vitus Bering ⓘ

subject surface form: Bering Strait

Horsens → hasNotablePerson → Vitus Bering ⓘ

Bering Island → namedAfter → Vitus Bering ⓘ

Bering Island → discoveredBy → Vitus Bering ⓘ

Bering Glacier → namedAfter → Vitus Bering ⓘ

Pacific exploration voyage of 1721–1722 → leader → Vitus Bering ⓘ

Pacific exploration voyage of 1721–1722 → commander → Vitus Bering ⓘ

Pacific exploration voyage of 1721–1722 → hasParticipant → Vitus Bering ⓘ

Pacific exploration voyage of 1721–1722 → namedAfter → Vitus Bering ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vitus Bering (in later historiography)