The search for the Northeast Passage: the First and the Second Kamchatka expeditions in the years 1725-1743
In the beginning of the 1700s Tsar Peter the Great ordered the First Kamchatka expedition to take place. Russia was going through a period where changes both economical connections and geographical discoveries took place. Peter the Great was organizing a new imperial Russian Navy. However, why was t...
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fttriple:oai:gotriple.eu:oai:doaj.org/article:60bb9b8ee8eb408e8b8ca9670ad3ab1d 2023-05-15T15:42:30+02:00 The search for the Northeast Passage: the First and the Second Kamchatka expeditions in the years 1725-1743 Christensen Carsten Sander 2019-10-01 https://doaj.org/article/60bb9b8ee8eb408e8b8ca9670ad3ab1d en ru eng rus Institute of Modern Humanitarian Researches 2308-8079 https://doaj.org/article/60bb9b8ee8eb408e8b8ca9670ad3ab1d undefined Studia Humanitatis, Vol 3 (2019) Vitus Bering Semyon Dezhnev the Northeast Passage Okhotsk Tsar Peter the Great the First Kamchatka expedition Martin Spangsberg Great Northern expedition Aleksei Chirikov Georg Wilhelm Steller Russian Columbus Alaska the Bering Strait Bering Island hist litt Journal Article https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_6501/ 2019 fttriple 2023-01-22T17:52:25Z In the beginning of the 1700s Tsar Peter the Great ordered the First Kamchatka expedition to take place. Russia was going through a period where changes both economical connections and geographical discoveries took place. Peter the Great was organizing a new imperial Russian Navy. However, why was this First Kamchatka expedition undertaken? Economic, scientific or political reasons? The expedition, which was headed by Vitus Bering, proved the separation of Asia and America (Alaska). Furthermore, Bering's map showed northeast Asia in its true dimensions, both in longitude and latitude. On his return to St. Petersburg, Bering was met with much scepticism, which, after his own proposals, led to the Second Kamchatka expedition, better known as the Great Northern expedition of 1733-1743. Why such scepticism, and why is it still being shown? This article tries to give answers on abovementioned questions and to put the work of Vitus Bering into a broader perspective, to show how important these expeditions were for modern Russia. Article in Journal/Newspaper Bering Island Bering Strait Kamchatka Northeast Passage Alaska Unknown Bering Strait Okhotsk |
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In the beginning of the 1700s Tsar Peter the Great ordered the First Kamchatka expedition to take place. Russia was going through a period where changes both economical connections and geographical discoveries took place. Peter the Great was organizing a new imperial Russian Navy. However, why was this First Kamchatka expedition undertaken? Economic, scientific or political reasons? The expedition, which was headed by Vitus Bering, proved the separation of Asia and America (Alaska). Furthermore, Bering's map showed northeast Asia in its true dimensions, both in longitude and latitude. On his return to St. Petersburg, Bering was met with much scepticism, which, after his own proposals, led to the Second Kamchatka expedition, better known as the Great Northern expedition of 1733-1743. Why such scepticism, and why is it still being shown? This article tries to give answers on abovementioned questions and to put the work of Vitus Bering into a broader perspective, to show how important these expeditions were for modern Russia. |
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The search for the Northeast Passage: the First and the Second Kamchatka expeditions in the years 1725-1743 |
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The search for the Northeast Passage: the First and the Second Kamchatka expeditions in the years 1725-1743 |
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The search for the Northeast Passage: the First and the Second Kamchatka expeditions in the years 1725-1743 |
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The search for the Northeast Passage: the First and the Second Kamchatka expeditions in the years 1725-1743 |
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The search for the Northeast Passage: the First and the Second Kamchatka expeditions in the years 1725-1743 |
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search for the northeast passage: the first and the second kamchatka expeditions in the years 1725-1743 |
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Institute of Modern Humanitarian Researches |
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2019 |
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https://doaj.org/article/60bb9b8ee8eb408e8b8ca9670ad3ab1d |
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Bering Strait Okhotsk |
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Bering Strait Okhotsk |
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Bering Island Bering Strait Kamchatka Northeast Passage Alaska |
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Bering Island Bering Strait Kamchatka Northeast Passage Alaska |
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Studia Humanitatis, Vol 3 (2019) |
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