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Vitus Bering: the Discoverer of Bering Strait Kindle Edition

by Peter Lauridsen (Author), Julius E. Olsen (Translator) Format: Kindle Edition

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In the era of the great geographic discoveries, the greatest countries of the world competed for the right to set their rule on the newly discovered territories. Virtus Bering was one of the heroic explorers into the north of the Russian Siberia, who, thanks to the acknowledgment of Sir James Cook, is considered the pioneer of the Bering Strait. Vitus Bering (1681-1741) was a Danish cartographer and explorer who served Russia as an officer in the Russian Navy and later as the lead in two major efforts by Russia to explore the Arctic and eastern limits of the Asian continent to determine if Asia was connected to America by a land bridge. This book gives a detailed account of his life and world-famous expeditions.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B082VB8N9P
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Good Press (December 13, 2019)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 13, 2019
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 2096 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 190 pages

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JW Johnson

Excellent reproduction

Reviewed in the United States on July 20, 2016

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I rated this as 5 stars for the quality of the reprint, since it was originally printed in 1889 by E.C. Griggs & Co., Chicago. The author, Peter Lauridsen (1849-1923) was a Danish geographer/historian, who in this work was attempting to address some of the criticisms leveled against the Danish-born Russian explorer Vitus Bering in the conduct of his second expedition of exploration of North West America by a member of Bering's party, the German-born naturalist Georg Wilhelm Steller. To the interested modern-day reader, this book (including the translator's notes and a forward to the American edition by Frederick Schwatka) provides an interesting and informative additional source of historical background and an overview of the state of geographical knowledge of the time of the expedition that are lacking in what remains of Steller's manuscripts (the most complete of which is to be found in the book "Journal of a Voyage with Bering, 1741-1742", published by Stanford University Press in 1988).
This hard-cover reprint is a very high-quality publication, so much so that I sometimes had to remind myself that what I was reading was from the 19th century, and not a current work. I commend BiblioLife for having republished this work, and for its goal of "preserving the legacy of literary history." My only very minor quibble is the choice of cover photo, which seems to be a random shot of a bamboo forest somewhere - not exactly in keeping with the subject matter.

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Gary Upshaw

Not Taught in Western Schools

Reviewed in the United States on September 14, 2021

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Vitus Bering (1681-1741), a Danish cartographer and explorer who served Russia as an officer in the Russian Navy, and later as the lead in a two major efforts by Russia to explore the Arctic and eastern limits of the Asian continent to determine if Asia was connected to America by a land bridge. The first effort was under the Tsar Peter I (Peter the Great), but after the Tsar's death, Russia lost focus on the exploration under Catherine I. This was the time when European powers were making early explorations of the world, and Tsar Peter I was desirous to claim a share of new lands. Whereas European powers explored by ships over the oceans, Russia was forced to explore eastern Siberia by first crossing vast inhospitable distances across Siberia, a far greater danger and effort than by using ships. Although there is some documents indicating that Russian Semyon Dezhnyov discovered the Bering Strait some 80 years before Vitus Bering confirmed the fact, English Captain Cook gave Bering the honor, which stuck. For some reason, Bering's work was not publicized, and lay hidden in Russian navy libraries, and Bering's great work was not widely known. Although a good portion of the book provides a boring exegesis to support the work of Bering, it is an excellent read to learn this little talked-of early exploration of the Arctic Ocean and the Asia-America connection.

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