17 July 1741
Sighting of Alaska
Lookouts aboard Bering’s St Peter sighted snow-covered mountains on the North American coast.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Alaska in Denmark. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Lookouts aboard Bering’s St Peter sighted snow-covered mountains on the North American coast.
Provenance
These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Denmark and Alaska. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.
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