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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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 ⓘ

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

Diomede Islands → discoveredBy → Vitus Bering ⓘ
Bering Strait → exploredBy → Vitus Bering ⓘ
Northwest Passage → exploredBy → Vitus Bering ⓘ
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky → foundedBy → Vitus Bering ⓘ
Vitus Bering → name → Vitus Bering self-link ⓘ
Bering Land Bridge → namedAfter → Vitus Bering ⓘ
Bering Sea → namedAfter → Vitus Bering ⓘ
Bering Strait → namedAfter → Vitus Bering ⓘ