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Discovery of Aleutian Island

Denmark · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1741Date range
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Chronological records

1741

Vitus Jonassen Bering1741

Aleutian Islands · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

Discovers the Aleutian Islands, the Bering Sea & Bering Strait are named after him

Names involved

Vitus Jonassen Bering

Provenance

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