See also:

• BERING (BEHRING), VITUS (1680-1741)

BERING (BEHRING), See also:

• VITUS, ST (German, Veit; French, Guy)

VITUS (1680-1741)  , Danish navigator, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in 168o at See also:

• HORSENS

Horsens . In 1703 he entered the See also:

• RUSSIAN

Russian See also:

• NAVY

navy, and served in the See also:

• SWEDISH

Swedish See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war . A See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of explorations of the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of See also:

• ASIA

Asia, the outcome of a far-reaching See also:

• PLAN
• PLAN (from Lat. planes, flat)

plan devised by See also:

• PETER
• PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
• PETER (PEDRO)
• PETER, EPISTLES OF
• PETER, ST

Peter the See also:

• GREAT

Great, led up to See also:

• BERING (BEHRING), VITUS (1680-1741)

Bering's first voyage to See also:

• KAMCHATKA

Kamchatka . In 1725, under the auspices of the Russian See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government, he went overland to See also:

• OKHOTSK, SEA OF

Okhotsk, crossed to Kamchatka, and built the See also:

• SHIP

ship " See also:

• GABRIEL (Heb. SKns, man of God)

Gabriel." In her he pushed northward in 1728, until he could no longer observe any See also:

• EXTENSION (Lat. ex, out ; tendere, to stretch)

extension of the See also:

• LAND

land to the north, or its See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance to the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east . In the following See also:

• YEAR

year he made an abortive See also:

• SEARCH, or VISIT AND SEARCH

search for land eastward, and in 1730 returned to St See also:

• PETERSBURG

Petersburg . He was subsequently commissioned to a further expedition, and in 1740 established the See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement of Petropavlosk in Kamchatka; and built two vessels, the " St Peter " and " St See also:

• PAUL
• PAUL (PAULUS)

Paul," in which in 1741 he led an expedition towards See also:

• AMERICA

America . A See also:

• STORM (in O. Eng..storm, and so in Du. and Low Ger.; in O. H. Ger. and mod. Ger. Sturm; the root is probably that seen in " stir," to rouse, move, disturb, cf. Ger. storen)
• STORM, THEODOR WOLDSEN (1817-1888)

storm separated the See also:

• SHIPS

ships, but Bering sighted the See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern coast of See also:

• ALASKA

Alaska, and a landing was made at See also:

• KAYAK, or CAYAK

Kayak See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

Island or in the vicinity . Bering was forced by adverse conditions to return quickly, and discovered some of the Aleutian Islands on his way back . He was afflicted with See also:

• SCURVY (Scorbutus)

scurvy, and became too See also:

• ILL

ill to command his ships, which were at last driven to See also:

• REFUGE

refuge on an uninhabited island in the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west of Bering See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

Sea, where Bering himself and many of his See also:

• COMPANY

company died . This island bears his name . Bering died on the 19th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1741 . It was See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long before the value of his See also:

• WORK

work was recognized; but See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

Captain See also:

• COOK
• COOK, ALBERT STANBURROUGH (1853– )
• COOK, EDWARD DUTTON (1829–1883)
• COOK, ELIZA (1818–1889)
• COOK, JAMES (1728-1779)
• COOK, THOMAS (1808-1892)

Cook was able to prove his accuracy as an observer .

See G . F . See also:

• MULLER, FERDINAND VON, BARON (1825–1896)
• MULLER, FRIEDRICH (1749-1825)
• MULLER, GEORGE (1805-1898)
• MULLER, JOHANNES PETER (18o1-1858)
• MULLER, JOHANNES VON (1752-1809)
• MULLER, JULIUS (18oi-1878)
• MULLER, KARL OTFRIED (1797-1840)
• MULLER, LUCIAN (1836-1898)
• MULLER, WILHELM (1794-1827)
• MULLER, WILLIAM JAMES (1812-1845)

Muller, Sammlung russischer Geschichten, vol. iii . (St Petersburg, 1758); P . Lauridsen, Bering og de Russiske Opdagelsesrejser (See also:

• COPENHAGEN (Danish Kjobenhavn)

Copenhagen, 1885) .