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  5. IMAGO International History, Arctic Expeditions, Vitus Bering, First Kamchatka Expedition 1728-1730

IMAGO International History, Arctic Expeditions, Vitus Bering, First Kamchatka Expedition 1728-1730

Sep 9, 2020

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  • DETROIT DE BERING Bering Strait between Siberia and Alsaka, discovered by the Danish navigator Vitus Bering in 1728 Chromo advertising Liebig of 1906, series entitled Detroits extra europeens Credit Collection IM KHARBINE TAPABOR KH208011

    DETROIT DE BERING Bering Strait between Siberia and Alsaka, discovered by the Danish navigator Vitus Bering in 1728 Chromo advertising Liebig of 1906, series entitled Detroits extra europeens Credit Collection IM KHARBINE TAPABOR KH208011

  • Map of the Arctic, 1598 Description of the three seylagien done by the Dutch (... ) by Willem Barendsz (title on object), Circumpolar map of the Arctic on the upper left Greenland and a piece of North America, on the right the north coast of Russia (including the Beringstraat which is here called the Straits of Anian). Among Scotland, the Netherlands, Scandinavia, Russia and Nova Zembla, the undiscovered coasts are not drawn. The Barendsz route has been drawn with dots and ships. Furthermore, Bear Island and Spitsbergen. In the sea whales, walruses and seals., Maps of separate countries or regions, marine charts, North Pole, Nova Zembla, Russia, Willem Barendsz, Jacob van Heemskerck, Willem Barendsz (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1598, paper, engraving, h 41.7 cm x w 56.8 cm Copyright Artokoloro LCK_190715_034426

    Map of the Arctic, 1598 Description of the three seylagien done by the Dutch (... ) by Willem Barendsz (title on object), Circumpolar map of the Arctic on the upper left Greenland and a piece of North America, on the right the north coast of Russia (including the Beringstraat which is here called the Straits of Anian). Among Scotland, the Netherlands, Scandinavia, Russia and Nova Zembla, the undiscovered coasts are not drawn. The Barendsz route has been drawn with dots and ships. Furthermore, Bear Island and Spitsbergen. In the sea whales, walruses and seals., Maps of separate countries or regions, marine charts, North Pole, Nova Zembla, Russia, Willem Barendsz, Jacob van Heemskerck, Willem Barendsz (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1598, paper, engraving, h 41.7 cm x w 56.8 cm Copyright Artokoloro LCK_190715_034426

  • Vintage (1907 copyrighted expired) map of Europe and Asia Copyright: xcmcderm1x Panthermedia04403605

    Vintage (1907 copyrighted expired) map of Europe and Asia Copyright: xcmcderm1x Panthermedia04403605

  • Russia, Commander Islands, Bering Island, Nikolskoye Village, Vitus Bering Monument Copyright: xAlidaxLathamx EU26 ALA0031

    Russia, Commander Islands, Bering Island, Nikolskoye Village, Vitus Bering Monument Copyright: xAlidaxLathamx EU26 ALA0031

  • Russia, Commander Islands, Bering Island, Nikolskoye Village, Vitus Bering Monument Copyright: xAlidaxLathamx EU26 ALA0028

    Russia, Commander Islands, Bering Island, Nikolskoye Village, Vitus Bering Monument Copyright: xAlidaxLathamx EU26 ALA0028

  • KAMCHATKA, RUSSIA - AUGUST 22, 2018: A view of the 18th-century Church of the Assumption at Nizhnekamchatsky Ostrog fortress , the oldest Orthodox church on the Kamchatka Peninsula, where the First Kamchatka Expedition led by Vitus Bering, set off from in 1728. Yuri Smityuk TASS TS08DF25

    KAMCHATKA, RUSSIA - AUGUST 22, 2018: A view of the 18th-century Church of the Assumption at Nizhnekamchatsky Ostrog fortress , the oldest Orthodox church on the Kamchatka Peninsula, where the First Kamchatka Expedition led by Vitus Bering, set off from in 1728. Yuri Smityuk TASS TS08DF25

  • KAMCHATKA, RUSSIA - AUGUST 22, 2018: A view of the 18th-century Church of the Assumption at Nizhnekamchatsky Ostrog fortress , the oldest Orthodox church on the Kamchatka Peninsula, where the First Kamchatka Expedition led by Vitus Bering, set off from in 1728. Yuri Smityuk TASS TS08DF23

    KAMCHATKA, RUSSIA - AUGUST 22, 2018: A view of the 18th-century Church of the Assumption at Nizhnekamchatsky Ostrog fortress , the oldest Orthodox church on the Kamchatka Peninsula, where the First Kamchatka Expedition led by Vitus Bering, set off from in 1728. Yuri Smityuk TASS TS08DF23

  • KAMCHATKA, RUSSIA - AUGUST 22, 2018: Inside the 18th-century Church of the Assumption at Nizhnekamchatsky Ostrog fortress , the oldest Orthodox church on the Kamchatka Peninsula, where the First Kamchatka Expedition led by Vitus Bering, set off from in 1728. Yuri Smityuk TASS TS08DF1B

    KAMCHATKA, RUSSIA - AUGUST 22, 2018: Inside the 18th-century Church of the Assumption at Nizhnekamchatsky Ostrog fortress , the oldest Orthodox church on the Kamchatka Peninsula, where the First Kamchatka Expedition led by Vitus Bering, set off from in 1728. Yuri Smityuk TASS TS08DF1B

  • MOSCOW, RUSSIA - DECEMBER 7, 2017: A view of a bust of Danish explorer Vitus Bering outside the building of Skolkovo Technopark hosting startups at Skolkovo Innovation Centre. Stanislav Krasilnikov TASS TS06C4AB

    MOSCOW, RUSSIA - DECEMBER 7, 2017: A view of a bust of Danish explorer Vitus Bering outside the building of Skolkovo Technopark hosting startups at Skolkovo Innovation Centre. Stanislav Krasilnikov TASS TS06C4AB

  • Seals, flopping aimlessly like a flock of frightened sheep, attempt to escape from Soviet hunters on the beach of the Commander Islands, a group of the Bering Sea coast ,off Kamchatka, USSR. Other seals have escaped into the surf. Soviets have made the island a breeding ground for value for bearing animals, particularly seals. 24 October 1938, Russia Federation Copyright: Topfoto UnitedArchivesEU057699

    Seals, flopping aimlessly like a flock of frightened sheep, attempt to escape from Soviet hunters on the beach of the Commander Islands, a group of the Bering Sea coast ,off Kamchatka, USSR. Other seals have escaped into the surf. Soviets have made the island a breeding ground for value for bearing animals, particularly seals. 24 October 1938, Russia Federation Copyright: Topfoto UnitedArchivesEU057699

  • The chart of Vitus Bering s (1681-1741) voyage from Kamchatka to North America. Bering was a Danish explorer and officer in the Russian navy. From a chart drawn in 1741 by Lieut. Waxell, a member of Behring s expedition. WHA !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright: WHA UnitedArchivesWHA_056_0868

    The chart of Vitus Bering s (1681-1741) voyage from Kamchatka to North America. Bering was a Danish explorer and officer in the Russian navy. From a chart drawn in 1741 by Lieut. Waxell, a member of Behring s expedition. WHA !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright: WHA UnitedArchivesWHA_056_0868

  • Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Kamatchka; Russia; founded by Danish navigator Vitus Bering in the service of the Russian Navy. Bering reached Avacha Bay in late 1740 and laid the foundation stone for the harbour town; naming the new settlement Petropavlovsk (Peter and Paul) after his two ships; the St. Peter and the St. Paul; built in Okhotsk for his second expedition WHA !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright: WHA UnitedArchivesWHA_076_0662

    Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Kamatchka; Russia; founded by Danish navigator Vitus Bering in the service of the Russian Navy. Bering reached Avacha Bay in late 1740 and laid the foundation stone for the harbour town; naming the new settlement Petropavlovsk (Peter and Paul) after his two ships; the St. Peter and the St. Paul; built in Okhotsk for his second expedition WHA !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright: WHA UnitedArchivesWHA_076_0662

  • Vitus Bering UnitedArchives00540197

    Vitus Bering UnitedArchives00540197

  • Karte von Sibirien, historische Illustration, Meyers Konversationslexikon, 1897 iblnit02333365

    Karte von Sibirien, historische Illustration, Meyers Konversationslexikon, 1897 iblnit02333365

  • ITAR-TASS: PETROPAVLOVSK-KAMCHATSKY, RUSSIA. FEBRUARY, 2012. Vitus Bering, Danish explorer laid the foundation stone (in pic.) for the port of Petropavlovsk after his second voyage in 1740 when he reached the Avachinsky (Avacha, Avachinskaya) Bay. RE0F83DC

    ITAR-TASS: PETROPAVLOVSK-KAMCHATSKY, RUSSIA. FEBRUARY, 2012. Vitus Bering, Danish explorer laid the foundation stone (in pic.) for the port of Petropavlovsk after his second voyage in 1740 when he reached the Avachinsky (Avacha, Avachinskaya) Bay. RE0F83DC

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