1728
Discovery of Bering Straits
Sails through the Bering Strait. Employed by Peter the Great to discover if Asia & north America are connected
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Bering Straits in Denmark. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Sails through the Bering Strait. Employed by Peter the Great to discover if Asia & north America are connected
Provenance
These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Denmark and Bering Straits. 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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