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Vitus Bering

Postage stamp issued by the USSR in 1981 in honor of the 300th anniversary of the birth of Vitus Bering.

Vitus Jonassen Bering (1681 - 1741),[1] also called Ivan Ivanovich Bering (Russian name)[2] was a Danish seafarer and explorer. He went into the service of the Russian navy in 1704. He was commissioned a second lieutenant. During the Great Northern War he distinguished himself and was promoted to the rank of commander.[2]

  1. ↑ "Vitus Bering". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark. Archived from the original on 18 September 2018. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Peter Lauridsen, Vitus Bering: The Discoverer of Bering Strait (Freeport, NY: Books for Libraries Press, 1969), p. 77

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