Project Gutenberg 2014-06-19 Public domain in the USA. 1115 Lauridsen, Peter 1846 1923 Lauridsen, P. (Peter) Schwatka, Frederick 1849 1892 Schwatka, Lieutenant (Frederick) Schwatka, F. (Frederick) Schwatka, Fred Olsen, Julius E. a12001465 Vitus J. Bering og de russiske Opdagelsesrejser fra 1725-43. English Vitus Bering: the Discoverer of Bering Strait Reading ease score: 59.1 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. Produced by Richard Tonsing, Jana Srna, Bryan Ness and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Vitus Bering: the Discoverer of Bering Strait" by Peter Lauridsen is a historical account written in the late 19th century. This work details the life and expeditions of the Danish-Russian explorer Vitus Bering, who is credited with charting the northeastern coast of Asia and discovering the strait that now bears his name. The book covers the challenges Bering faced while navigating uncharted territories and his contributions to the field of Arctic exploration. The opening portion of the book introduces the initial context of Arctic exploration in the early 18th century, emphasizing the role of Bering as a significant figure in this arena. It outlines his background, including his humble beginnings in Denmark, his rise to prominence in the Russian navy, and the ambitious plans laid out by Czar Peter the Great for Bering's epic explorations. The narrative begins to set the stage for Bering’s first expedition, highlighting the obstacles he faced while integrating various expeditions in the service of the Russian Empire and the need for systematic exploration and accurate mapping of the region. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/46032/46032-h/images/cover.jpg en Bering, Vitus Jonassen, 1681-1741 Kamchatskaia ekspeditsiia (1st : 1725-1730) Bering Strait -- Discovery and exploration Bering Island (Russia) -- Discovery and exploration G Text Browsing: History - General Browsing: Travel & Geography 497294 497279 2024-10-19T10:02:51.761315 2023-09-20T05:50:47.610078 text/html text/html 489803 2014-06-19T06:45:10 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1605604 2014-06-19T06:45:12 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1722623 2024-10-19T10:03:02.632234 application/epub+zip 1727541 2024-10-19T10:02:54.345420 application/epub+zip 228271 2024-10-19T10:02:53.039596 application/epub+zip 1873028 2024-10-19T10:03:07.957222 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1822459 2024-10-19T10:03:00.726443 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 327489 2022-09-21T03:44:37.672015 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 397600 397365 2024-10-19T10:02:50.227352 2023-09-20T05:50:46.306061 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 396981 2014-06-19T06:45:10 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 148617 2014-06-19T06:45:10 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 397640 2014-06-19T06:45:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 148499 2014-06-19T06:45:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22960 2024-10-19T10:03:08.129212 application/rdf+xml 12771 2024-10-19T10:02:53.192280 image/jpeg 2015 2024-10-19T10:02:53.116324 image/jpeg 1623849 2024-10-19T10:02:51.835294 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog