
Vitus Bering, datchanin po proishozhdeniyu, kotoryy prosluzhil interesam Rossii bolee 20-ti let, v 1725 godu po ukazu Petra Pervogo vozglavil severnuyu e'kspediciyu. Uchastniki geroicheskogo puteshestviya sdelali novye otkrytiya i nanesli na kartu tochnye kontury rossiyskoy imperii.