they brought back sea otter fur
Vitus Bering explored Alaska in 1741 as part of an expedition commissioned by the Russian government.
Probably in 1741.
Discovery by Vitus Bering in 1741.
Alaska was discovered
It became a Russian Colony about 1741.
Baranoff
Vitus Bering.
In 1741.
Alaska is still a state in the United States of America.
Alaska became a state in 1959, was named as a US Territory in 1912, was purchased from Russia and was claimed and colonized in 1741.
That decision was not his to make. He died there on 8 December 1741.
From 1741 until 1867 it was a colony of Russia when the US bought it.