Vitus Bering (1681-1741), a Dane in Russian employ, led two major exploratory expeditions that significantly expanded knowledge of the northern Pacific region. Vitus Bering was born in the Danish town of Horsens in the summer of 1681. He became a...

On voyages in 1728 and again from 1733 until 1741, Vitus Bering (1681-1741) explored the northernmost reaches of the Pacific Ocean. On these voyages he discovered (rediscovered, actually) the Bering Strait, which separates Asia from North America. He...

Vitus Bering Born August 12, 1681, Horsens, Denmark Died December 8, 1741, Bering Island. Russia In 1725 Russian czar Peter the Great commissioned Danish navigator Vitus Bering to explore Siberia’s Pacific Coast. During that time the Russian...

1681-1741 Danish Explorer One of the most celebrated endeavors of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century exploration was the search for the Northwest Passage, a route between Europe and Asia via the frozen seas north of Canada. Less famous was the quest...

After a voyage to the East Indies, he joined the fleet of the Russian Navy as a sublieutenant in 1703, serving in the Baltic Fleet during theGreat Northern War. In 1710–1712 he served in the Azov Sea Fleet in Taganrog and took part in the...

Vitus dir. Fredi M. Murer Six-year-old Vitus (played by Fabrizio Borsani and later Teo Gheorghiu) is a boy genius: He calculates compounded interest in his head, is a piano prodigy, and can even persuade his babysitter to uncork a nice bottle of...

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