In 1725 Peter the Great commissioned this Dane to explore the Pacific coast of Siberia
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Vitus Bering on the Pacific - Canadian Genealogy  Like Peter the Great, Vitus Bering had served an apprenticeship with the East India ... While other expeditions to explore America had but to cross the sea before ... The explorers were commissioned to levy tribute for food and fur on Tartar ... but, like the tribes of Siberia, he saw signs of a great land area on the other side of...
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Vitus Bering | Kingo Jacobsen | Geografisk Tidsskrift - Tidsskrift.dk  Vitus Bering's first Kamchatka Expedition 1725-1730, by order of Czar Peter the Great, proved the separation of Siberia and America. .... Yet it was Bering (1725-1741) who probed the northernmost reaches of the Pacific to discover that ... and the Dane, Jens Munk, had been commissioned to lead an expedition in 1619-20.
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Jeopary Question, EXPLORERS - TriviaBistro.com  Jeopardy Question: EXPLORERS - In 1725 Peter the Great commissioned this Dane to explore the Pacific coast of Siberia.
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Vitus Bering - Wikipedia  Vitus Jonassen Bering (baptised 5 August 1681, died 19 December 1741), also known as Ivan ... A storm separated the ships, but Bering sighted the southern coast of Alaska, and a landing was ... He would be repeatedly promoted in Peter the Great's rapidly evolving navy, reaching the rank of second captain by 1720.
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How Alaska Left Russia and Became Part of the U.S.? | Don Tow's ...  Shortly before his death in 1725, the czar of Russia, Peter the Great, commissioned Vitus Bering, a Dane who served with ... Men and material had to be transported 5,000 miles from St. Petersburg to the Pacific Coast of Siberia, and a ... Although this expedition never landed in North America, they did find out that Asia and...
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PETER THE GREAT | Facts and Details  He brought Russia into the modern age but to do so he relied on heavy-hand power and ... Peter the Great took the throne, the Russian Empire was home to around 20 .... a two-headed calf, pickled lizards and frogs, old dental instruments, fetuses, ... bone and metal, and teeth he pulled from people that caught his attention.
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Section Seven: Engravings from Arctic Expeditions | Osher Map ...  In 1906 Norwegian Roald Amundsen became the first to navigate the ... and a 45-ton herring boat, the Gja, to deftly navigate the narrow channels of the passage. ... such as the use of dogs to haul sleds (the English were still using sailors to pull ... as they searched for the Northwest Passage or journeyed to the North Pole.
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The Chan's Great Continent - The New York Times  Purporting to describe the travels that Marco Polo took through Asia between ... The China that Polo gave to the world in his own extended account was a ... by a clause in the middle of the will: "Also I release Peter the Tartar, my servant, ... dictated it to him while the two were in prison together in Genoa during the year 1298.
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Vitus Bering - Wikipedia  Vitus Jonassen Bering (baptised 5 August 1681, died 19 December 1741), also known as Ivan Ivanovich Bering, was a Danish cartographer and explorer in Russian service, and an officer in the Russian Navy. He is known as a leader of two Russian expeditions, namely the First ... The Bering Strait, the Bering Sea, Bering Island, the Bering Glacier and the...
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Antarctic Explorers: Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen  After the death of James Cook in 1779, the European nations realized little ... In 1819 Czar Alexander I of Russia authorized an expedition to the south ... The following day his log indicates sailing to within 20 miles of the Antarctic ... The next day the land turned out to be an island which Bellingshausen named Peter I Island.
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Peter the Great - Wikiwand  Peter the Great , Peter I or Peter Alexeyevich [a] ruled the Tsardom of Russia ... In 1721 the Treaty of Nystad ended what became known as the Great ... was made with Sweden, he was officially proclaimed Emperor of All Russia. ... Gavrila Golovkin, the State Chancellor, was the first to add "the Great, Father of His Country,...
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State of Alaska Historical Timeline - RootsWeb - Ancestry.com  100 million BC, Land masses collided about this time and created Alaska. ..... 1897-1902 - The Jesup North Pacific Expedition was made to study the ... 1899, Gold is discovered on the beaches of Nome and many prospectors who had been ... A town grew up and named for the vice president of the United States at that time,...
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St. Petersburg founded by Peter the Great - May 27, 1703 ...  After winning access to the Baltic Sea through his victories in the Great Northern War, Czar Peter I founds the city of St. Petersburg as the new Russian capital.
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Semyon Dezhnyov  Russiapedia Geography and exploration ...  Semyon Deznyov was the Russian explorer who discovered the Bering Strait. ... just 53 miles (85 kilometers) wide at its narrowest point, that separates the Asian and ... But Bering was not the first European to pass through the Bering Strait. ... Dezhnyov and his men had become the first Westerners to sail through the narrow...
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Russia's Colony | Alaska History and Cultural Studies  The "discovery" of Alaska is usually dated from Bering's second expedition in 1741. ... In June 1741 Bering and his second-in-command, Aleksi Chirikov sailed in ... and anchored in the Shumagins, which they named for a sailor who died on...
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Excerpts from Our Northern Domain: Alaska Picturesque ... - Alaskool  Two causes led to the discovery of the region now called Alaska; the first was the search ... Vitus Bering, a Dane, who had shown capacity in the wars with Sweden, was ... of the peninsula, and in 1728 discovered and named St. Lawrence Island. .... One June holiday, when it was known that a large part of the garrison were...
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Eurpoean Explorers Timeline by Grace Karkoska on Prezi  Oct 16, 2011 ... At the age of 24, Leif was asked to captain his first voyage. This was to ... But, the land here was so rich that he decided to build at least one large house for the winter. ... Eric and 400 to 500 settlers in 14 ships arrived to settle Greenland in 986. ... Vasco da Gama was placed in command of the expedition.
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Peter the Great - Wikipedia  Peter the Great Peter I or Peter Alexeyevich ruled the Tsardom of Russia and later the Russian .... Peter became the sole ruler when Ivan died in 1696. ... The Baltic Sea was at the time controlled by Sweden in the north, while the Black Sea and .... which he intended to become Russia's capital, so that all stonemasons could...
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History of St Petersburg - Lonely Planet Travel Information  For three centuries, Moscow hosted Russia's ruler tsars. ... Peter was anxious to turn Russia Westward, and he saw the Baltic Sea as the channel for change. The problem was ... Peter's vision for the new capital was grandiose; so was the task ahead. To find ... St Petersburg remained only half built, its dynamism diminished.
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ITV Check In Check Out Inventory - Newburgh Enlarged City School ...  Northwest: In 1724, Vitus Jonassen Bering was sent by Peter the Great to explore the water routes between Siberia and North America, proving that North America and Asia were not .... For other animals, the way they dance is crucial.
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History of St. Petersburg in the era of Peter the Great  River Entertainment ... St. Petersburg in the era of Peter the Great (1703-1725) ... To begin with, Peter himself chose the site of the new city, laying the foundation ... visited Western Europe and begun to dream of building a magnificent city along ... of both Russian and Dutch architecture, was built for Peter, and has become...