Pacific exploration voyage of 1721–1722

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The Pacific exploration voyage of 1721–1722 was a Danish-led expedition under Vitus Bering that sought to explore and map the North Pacific and clarify the geographical relationship between Asia and North America.

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instanceOf Arctic exploration expedition ⓘ
Russian naval expedition ⓘ
exploration voyage ⓘ
alsoKnownAs First Kamchatka Expedition ⓘ
First Kamchatka voyage ⓘ
commander Vitus Bering ⓘ
commanderNationality Danish ⓘ
commissionedBy Peter the Great ⓘ
country Tsardom of Russia ⓘ
departurePoint Saint Petersburg ⓘ
destination North Pacific Ocean ⓘ
waters between Asia and North America ⓘ
discipline cartography ⓘ
geography ⓘ
endTime 1722 ⓘ
era Age of Exploration ⓘ
early 18th century ⓘ
exploredRegion Bering Strait area ⓘ
linked to: Bering region

coasts of northeastern Siberia ⓘ
waters north of the Kamchatka Peninsula ⓘ
flag Danish-led under Russian service ⓘ
followedBy Second Kamchatka Expedition ⓘ
hasParticipant Aleksei Chirikov ⓘ
linked to: Alexei Chirikov

Martin Spanberg ⓘ
Vitus Bering ⓘ
impact improved European knowledge of the North Pacific ⓘ
laid groundwork for later Russian claims in Alaska ⓘ
leader Vitus Bering ⓘ
legalBasis ukase of Peter the Great ⓘ
location Bering Sea ⓘ
Kamchatka Peninsula ⓘ
North Pacific Ocean ⓘ
Northeastern Siberia ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Siberia
namedAfter Vitus Bering (in later historiography) ⓘ
linked to: Vitus Bering
operator Imperial Russian Navy ⓘ
partOf Russian expansion into the North Pacific ⓘ
history of Arctic exploration ⓘ
purpose to clarify the geographical relationship between Asia and North America ⓘ
to determine whether Asia and North America were connected by land ⓘ
to explore and map the North Pacific ⓘ
to search for a navigable sea route between the Pacific and Arctic Oceans ⓘ
result charting of parts of the North Pacific coastlines ⓘ
collection of geographic and hydrographic data ⓘ
confirmation that Asia and North America are separated by sea ⓘ
shipType small packet boat ⓘ
shipUsed Saint Gabriel ⓘ
linked to: St. Gabriel
sponsor Peter the Great ⓘ
startTime 1721 ⓘ

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