Great Northern Expedition
Russian expedition to the coasts of Siberia and Alaska
The Great Northern Expedition (Russian: ΠΠ΅Π»ΠΈΠΊΠ°Ρ Π‘Π΅Π²Π΅ΡΠ½Π°Ρ ΡΠΊΡΠΏΠ΅Π΄ΠΈΡΠΈΡ) or Second Kamchatka Expedition (Russian: ΠΡΠΎΡΠ°Ρ ΠΠ°ΠΌΡΠ°ΡΡΠΊΠ°Ρ ΡΠΊΡΠΏΠ΅Π΄ΠΈΡΠΈΡ) was a major Russian Arctic expedition between roughly 1733 and 1743, which mapped most of the Arctic coast of Siberia and much of the Arctic coast of North America, greatly reducing "white areas" on maps. It...
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