First Kamchatka Expedition
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First Kamchatka Expedition
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The First Kamchatka Expedition was the first Russian expedition to explore the Asian Pacific coast. It was commissioned by Peter the Great in 1724 and was led by Vitus Bering. Afield from 1725 to 1731, it was Russia's first naval scientific expedition. It confirmed the presence of a strait between Asia and America and was followed in 1732 by the Second Kamchatka Expedition. The expedition spent first two years, from January 1725 to January 1727, on traveling from Saint Petersburg to Okhotsk, usi
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First Russian expedition to explore the Asian Pacific coast
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Kamchatka_Expedition
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2013-07-07T11:54:53Z
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2024-09-05T00:01:18Z
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