First Kamchatka Expedition

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The First Kamchatka Expedition was an early 18th-century Russian naval and scientific voyage led by Vitus Bering to explore and map the waters and coastlines of northeastern Siberia and the North Pacific.

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instanceOf Russian exploration expedition ⓘ
naval expedition ⓘ
scientific expedition ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Bering’s First Kamchatka Expedition ⓘ
First Kamchatsky Expedition ⓘ
commander Vitus Bering ⓘ
country Russia ⓘ
departurePoint Saint Petersburg ⓘ
disciplineInvolved cartography ⓘ
geography ⓘ
hydrography ⓘ
endDate 1730 ⓘ
era 18th century ⓘ
followedBy Second Kamchatka Expedition ⓘ
governingAuthority Imperial Russian Navy ⓘ
historicalSignificance first major Russian state-sponsored expedition to the North Pacific ⓘ
foundation for later Russian claims in Alaska and the Aleutian region ⓘ
leader Vitus Bering ⓘ
location Kamchatka Peninsula ⓘ
North Pacific Ocean ⓘ
linked to: Pacific Ocean

northeastern Siberia ⓘ
member Aleksei Chirikov ⓘ
linked to: Alexei Chirikov
namedAfter Kamchatka Peninsula ⓘ
notableEvent construction of the ship Saint Gabriel on the Kamchatka coast ⓘ
crossing of Siberia from Saint Petersburg to Okhotsk overland ⓘ
voyage from Kamchatka into the North Pacific ⓘ
partOf Russian expansion in Siberia ⓘ
Russian exploration of the Pacific ⓘ
patron Peter the Great ⓘ
purpose to expand Russian geographic knowledge ⓘ
to explore the waters off northeastern Siberia ⓘ
to investigate whether Asia and North America were connected by land ⓘ
to map the coastlines of northeastern Siberia ⓘ
to support Russian imperial expansion in the North Pacific ⓘ
regionExplored Bering Sea ⓘ
coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula ⓘ
waters between Siberia and North America ⓘ
result demonstrated that Asia and North America are separated by sea ⓘ
laid groundwork for the Second Kamchatka Expedition ⓘ
mapped parts of the northeastern Siberian coast ⓘ
provided new geographic and hydrographic data ⓘ
shipUsed Saint Gabriel ⓘ
linked to: St. Gabriel
sponsor Russian Empire ⓘ
stagingArea Nizhnekamchatsk ⓘ
linked to: Okhotsk

Okhotsk ⓘ
startDate 1725 ⓘ
timePeriod reign of Peter the Great ⓘ

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Vitus Bering → knownFor → First Kamchatka Expedition ⓘ
Vitus Bering → ledExpedition → First Kamchatka Expedition ⓘ
Bering → ledExpedition → First Kamchatka Expedition ⓘ
First Kamchatka Expedition → alsoKnownAs → Bering’s First Kamchatka Expedition ⓘ
linked to: First Kamchatka Expedition
First Kamchatka Expedition → alsoKnownAs → First Kamchatsky Expedition ⓘ
linked to: First Kamchatka Expedition
Great Northern Expedition → predecessor → First Kamchatka Expedition ⓘ
St. Gabriel → partOf → First Kamchatka Expedition ⓘ
Second Kamchatka Expedition → relatedTo → First Kamchatka Expedition ⓘ
Vitus Bering → hasPart → First Kamchatka Expedition ⓘ
subject linked to: Anna Christina Pülse
Pacific exploration voyage of 1721–1722 → alsoKnownAs → First Kamchatka Expedition ⓘ
Pacific exploration voyage of 1721–1722 → alsoKnownAs → First Kamchatka voyage ⓘ
linked to: First Kamchatka Expedition