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Vitus Bering

1681 - 1741

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Vitus Jonassen Bering ( BAIR-ing, BERR-ing, US also BEER-ing, Danish: [ˈviːtsʰus ˈjoːnæsn̩ ˈpe̝(ː)ɐ̯e̝ŋ]; baptised 5 August 1681 – 19 December 1741), also known as Ivan Ivanovich Bering (Russian: Иван Иванович Беринг), was a Danish-born Russian cartographer and explorer, and an officer in the Russian Navy. He is known as a leader of two Russian expeditions, namely the First Kamchatka Expedition and the Great Northern Expedition, exploring the north-eastern coast of the Asian continent and from there the western coast on the North American continent. The Bering Strait, the Bering Sea, Bering Island, the Bering Glacier, and Vitus Lake were all named in his honor. Taking to the seas as a ship's boy at the age of 15, Bering travelled extensively over the next eight years, as well as taking naval training in Amsterdam. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vitus Bering is the 21st most popular explorer (up from 24th in 2019), the 13th most popular biography from Denmark and the most popular Danish Explorer.

Vitus Bering was a Danish explorer who discovered Alaska.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Vitus Bering ranks 21 out of 498. Before him are Francisco Pizarro, Francis Drake, Robert Falcon Scott, Fridtjof Nansen, Pedro Álvares Cabral, and Abel Tasman. After him are Erik the Red, Xuanzang, Willem Barentsz, Jacques Cousteau, Juan Sebastián Elcano, and David Livingstone.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1681, Vitus Bering ranks 1. After him are Georg Philipp Telemann, Hedvig Sophia of Sweden, Johann Mattheson, Theophan Prokopovich, Ernest Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen, Giulia Lama, and Henrietta Godolphin, 2nd Duchess of Marlborough. Among people deceased in 1741, Vitus Bering ranks 2. Before him is Antonio Vivaldi. After him are Ulrika Eleonora, Queen of Sweden, Johann Joseph Fux, Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria, Pauline Félicité de Mailly-Nesle, Wirich Philipp von Daun, Elisabeth Therese of Lorraine, Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, Anna Maria Franziska of Saxe-Lauenburg, Victor Amadeus I, Prince of Carignano, and Georg Rafael Donner.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Vitus Bering ranks 13 out of 1,032. Before him are Harald Bluetooth (935), Haakon VII of Norway (1872), Frederick IX of Denmark (1899), Margaret I of Denmark (1353), Christian X of Denmark (1870), and Karl Adolph Gjellerup (1857). After him are Christian VIII of Denmark (1786), Maria Feodorovna (1847), Sigrid Undset (1882), Johannes V. Jensen (1873), John, King of Denmark (1455), and Ivar the Boneless (900).

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Among EXPLORERS In Denmark

Among explorers born in Denmark, Vitus Bering ranks 1. After him are Johann Karl Ehrenfried Kegel (1784), Peter Freuchen (1886), Lauge Koch (1892), Jørgen Jørgensen (1780), and Frans Blom (1893).

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