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Vitus Bering was from Horsens, Denmark. He was born in 1681, and died in 1741.
Vitus Bering died on December 8, 1741, during his expedition to chart the waters between Russia and North America. He succumbed to scurvy on Bering Island, which is named after him.
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Vitus Bering's goals were to map out Asia and the Americas to see if they were on the same border. Vitus Bering sadly died of illness on an island which was later named after him before he could complete his work.
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Vitus Bering of Denmark in the service of Russia.
Vitus Bering. James Cook. Ignacio de Arteaga.
From the discoverer of Alaska Vitus Bering.
Vitus Bering had one child, a son named Aleksei.
Bering Strait!!