Vitus Bering: References & Edit History
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F.A. Golder, Bering’s Voyages: An Account of the Efforts of the Russians to Determine the Relation of Asia and America, 2 vol. (1922–25, reissued 1968); Robert Murphy, The Haunted Journey (1961); Raymond H. Fisher, Bering’s Voyages: Whither and Why (1977); Gerhard Friedrich Müller, Bering’s Voyages: The Reports from Russia, trans. by Carol Urness (1986; originally published in German, 1758).
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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anniversary information added. | Jan 01, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Dec 15, 2025 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Apr 17, 2024 | ||
| Modified age appropriateness: Alaska Kids - Bering's Odyssey. | Apr 27, 2020 | ||
| Add new Web site: Alaska Kids - Bering's Odyssey. | Jan 15, 2020 | ||
| Add new Web site: Linda Hall Library - Vitus Bering. | Apr 12, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: RT Russiapedia - Biography of Vitus Bering. | Jun 14, 2013 | ||
| Added photograph. | Apr 18, 2012 | ||
| Added "Vitus Jonassen Bering" as a title variant. | Feb 27, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: Enchanted Learning - Explorers from the 1700's. | Oct 11, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: Fact Monster - People - Biography of Vitus Jonassen Bering. | Oct 11, 2011 | ||
| Bibliography revised and updated. | Oct 27, 2008 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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