[DOC] [TLE] Vitus Bering - Wikipedia [PAR] Vitus Jonassen Bering (baptised 5 August 1681, died 19 December 1741), also 
known as Ivan Ivanovich Bering, was a Danish cartographer and explorer in ... A 
storm separated the ships, but Bering sighted the southern coast of Alaska, and a 
landing ... Vitus Bering was born in the port town of Horsens in Denmark to Anne
... [DOC] [TLE] Vitus Bering | Danish explorer | Britannica.com [PAR] Navigator whose exploration of the Bering Strait and Alaska prepared the way for 
a ... Vitus Bering. Danish explorer. Also known as. Vitus Jonassen Bering. born. 
1681 ... had sailed through the Bering Strait, but his report went unnoticed until 
1736. ... Expedition (173343), which mapped much of the Arctic coast of Siberia. [DOC] [TLE] Vitus Bering  Russiapedia Geography and exploration Prominent ... [PAR] Vitus Jonassen Bering was one of the worlds most famous explorers. He was 
born in Horsens, Jutland Denmark in 1681. ... It is traditionally believed that the 
purpose of this expedition was to explore far northeastern Siberia .... N or until he 
touched upon the territory controlled by the Spanish or any other European 
power. [DOC] [TLE] Vitus Bering and his Arctic Expeditions - yovisto Blogyovisto Blog [PAR] Dec 19, 2014 ... Vitus Bering was born in the port town of Horsens in Denmark to a ... It had been 
a long and expensive expedition, but it had provided ... the territory controlled by 
the Spanish or any other European power. ... At yovisto you can learn more about 
the seas that Vitus Bering has explored on his Great Northern... [DOC] [TLE] PBS - Harriman: History of Exploration [PAR] Thus, when European explorers came to Alaska in the eighteenth century, they ... 
In 1728, Vitus Bering, a Danish-born officer in the Russian Navy of Tsar Peter ... 
He came very close to the Alaskan coast, but bad weather prevented him from .... 
a seasoned naturalist and explorer, led the Smithsonian's first Arctic expedition. [DOC] [TLE] Bering's Odyssey - AlaskaKids [PAR] Vitus Bering gets the credit for being the first European to discover Alaska. ... But 
the journey really started 16 years earlier. Bering was born in Denmark. ... Once 
there, they were to build several ships to explore the northern Pacific. ... materials 
on boats to float the rivers that all eventually emptied into the Arctic Ocean. [DOC] [TLE] Explorers of North America: EnchantedLearning.com [PAR] Vitus Jonassen Bering (1681-1741) was a Danish explorer and navigator who ... 
in 1741, Bering mapped much of the Arctic coast of Siberia for the Russian 
Empress Anna. ... De Vaca and his fellow travelers were the first Europeans to 
see the bison, ..... De Niza was born in Savoy (now in France, but it was Italian 
then), and... [DOC] [TLE] Today in History: October 25 - American Memory - Library of Congress [PAR] Oct 7, 2010 ... Georg Wilhelm Steller, Journal of a Voyage with Bering, 1741-1742, trans. by M. 
... of the navigator and explorer Captain-Commander Vitus Jonassen Bering. ... 
Bering was born in 1681 in Horsens, Denmark, but served with the ... After a futile 
search for the St. Paul, Bering's men made the first European... [DOC] [TLE] Vitus Bering was a Danish explorer who found the Bering Strait in ... [PAR] Peter hired the Danish navigator, Vitus bering to explore what became known as 
the bering Strait. ... Maybe Catherine wasn't positive character but she had Polish 
origins. .... Leif Erikson - born 960 - 980 A.D. in Iceland - died 1020 in Greenland. 
..... and oversaw the transformation of Russia into a major European power. [DOC] [TLE] Vitus Bering - Tidsskrift.dk [PAR] Vitus Bering's first Kamchatka Expedition 1725-1730, by order of Czar Peter the 
Great, proved the ... He was born in 1681, in Horsens, Jutland, Denmark. .... to 
keep other European nations out of their lucrative trade area, but their success 
was limited. ..... Inspired by Vitus Bering, another great Danish Arctic explorer, 
Knud... [DOC] [TLE] Russia by Kierra Kern on Prezi [PAR]

Question: Vitus Bering was born in Denmark, but explored the Arctic for this European power
Answer: Russia