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Shipwreck on Bering Island

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

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1741

Vitus Jonassen BeringNovember 1741

Bering Island · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

The damaged St Peter grounded on an island where the expedition remained through the winter.

Names involved

Vitus Jonassen Bering

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