Second Kamchatka Expedition

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The Second Kamchatka Expedition was a vast 18th-century Russian imperial exploration project led by Vitus Bering that mapped much of Siberia and the North Pacific, greatly expanding geographic and scientific knowledge of the region.

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instanceOf Russian exploration expedition ⓘ
geographical expedition ⓘ
scientific expedition ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Great Northern Expedition ⓘ
Second Kamchatka Voyage ⓘ
commandedBy Vitus Bering ⓘ
country Russian Empire ⓘ
endDate 1743 ⓘ
impact greatly expanded European knowledge of Siberia ⓘ
greatly expanded European knowledge of the North Pacific ⓘ
laid groundwork for Russian colonization of Alaska ⓘ
includedDiscipline astronomy ⓘ
cartography ⓘ
ethnography ⓘ
geodesy ⓘ
linguistics ⓘ
natural history ⓘ
includedPerson Aleksei Chirikov ⓘ
linked to: Alexei Chirikov

Georg Wilhelm Steller ⓘ
Johann Georg Gmelin ⓘ
Louis Delisle de la Croyère ⓘ
Stepan Krasheninnikov ⓘ
leader Vitus Bering ⓘ
location Arctic Ocean ⓘ
Kamchatka Peninsula ⓘ
North Pacific Ocean ⓘ
Siberia ⓘ
namedAfter Kamchatka Peninsula ⓘ
patron Empress Anna of Russia ⓘ
purpose conduct scientific research ⓘ
expand geographic knowledge ⓘ
explore North Pacific regions ⓘ
map Siberian coastlines ⓘ
search for sea route between Russia and North America ⓘ
relatedTo First Kamchatka Expedition ⓘ
result confirmation that Asia and North America are separate continents ⓘ
ethnographic descriptions of Siberian indigenous peoples ⓘ
first European charting of parts of Alaska ⓘ
improved maps of the North Pacific ⓘ
large collections of flora and fauna specimens ⓘ
mapping of much of the Siberian Arctic coast ⓘ
mapping of the northern Pacific coasts of Asia ⓘ
strengthening of Russian claims in the North Pacific ⓘ
scale one of the largest exploration projects of the 18th century ⓘ
shipUsed St. Paul ⓘ
St. Peter ⓘ
sponsor Russian Imperial government ⓘ
linked to: Tsarist government
startDate 1733 ⓘ
subEvent Bering’s voyage to Alaska in 1741 ⓘ
Chirikov’s voyage to the northwest coast of North America ⓘ
overland survey of Siberia ⓘ

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Vitus Bering → knownFor → Second Kamchatka Expedition ⓘ
Vitus Bering → ledExpedition → Second Kamchatka Expedition ⓘ
Georg Wilhelm Steller → memberOfExpedition → Second Kamchatka Expedition ⓘ
Bering → ledExpedition → Second Kamchatka Expedition ⓘ
First Kamchatka Expedition → followedBy → Second Kamchatka Expedition ⓘ
Great Northern Expedition → alsoKnownAs → Second Kamchatka Expedition ⓘ
Second Kamchatka Expedition → alsoKnownAs → Second Kamchatka Voyage ⓘ
linked to: Second Kamchatka Expedition
St. Peter → partOf → Second Kamchatka Expedition ⓘ
Vitus Bering → hasPart → Second Kamchatka Expedition ⓘ
subject linked to: Anna Christina Pülse
Pacific exploration voyage of 1721–1722 → followedBy → Second Kamchatka Expedition ⓘ
Kodiak settlement → partOf → Russian colonial network in the North Pacific ⓘ
linked to: Second Kamchatka Expedition
Gavril Sarychev → participatedIn → Russian exploration of the North Pacific ⓘ
linked to: Second Kamchatka Expedition
Shumagin Islands → visitedBy → Second Kamchatka Expedition ⓘ