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Other details on the map include administrative borders, population centers, Chukchi dwellings, and impassable ice. The inset map is of Kodiak Island, Alaska, denoted here by its Russian name of Kykhtak. Discoveries in geography; Discovery and exploration; Pacific Ocean
The Russian Empire began its interest of the Pacific Northwest in the 18th century, initially curious if there was a land connection between the Eurasian and North American Continents. Two expeditions were led by Vitus Bering, with the findings proving the separation of two continents through the Bering Sea.
Its cost, completely financed by the Russian state, reached an estimated 1.5 million rubles, an enormous sum for the time; roughly one sixth of the income of the Russian state in 1724. [1] The achievements of the expedition included the European discovery of Alaska, the Aleutian Islands, the Commander Islands, Bering Island, as well as a ...
Chirikov took part in creating the final map of the Russian discoveries in the Pacific Ocean (1746). [9] In 1746 was assigned the Director of Academy of the Naval Guard , St. Petersburg. Chirikov's name is given to Capes of the Kyūshū Island, Attu Island , Anadyr Bay , Tauyskaya Bay , an underwater mountain in the Pacific Ocean, Chirikof ...
By 100 AD they were in the Marquesas Islands and 300-800 AD in Tahiti (Tahiti is west of the Marquesas.) 300-800 AD is also given for their arrival at Easter Island, their easternmost point and the same date range for Hawaii, which is far to the north and distant from other islands. Far to the southwest, New Zealand was reached about 1250 AD.
A map of the paths of James Cook and Russian explorers in the North Pacific during the 18th century, including those Fyodorov helped guide. Ivan Fyodorov (Russian: Ива́н Фёдоров; died c. 1733) was a Russian navigator and commanding officer of the expedition to northern Alaska in 1732. [1]
The Alexander Archipelago (Russian: Архипелаг Александра) is a 300-mile (480 km) long archipelago (group of islands) in North America lying off the southeastern coast of Alaska. It contains about 1,100 islands, the tops of submerged coastal mountains that rise steeply from the Pacific Ocean.
Russian exploration of the Pacific Northwest This page was last edited on 19 September 2024, at 07:17 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...