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	Bering Sea, Island and Strait - LoveToKnow 1911
		Isai Ignatiev made a voyage eastward from the Kolyma river in 1646, and Simon Dezhnev in 1648 followed his route and prolonged it, rounding the East or Dezhnev Cape, and entering the strait.
		In 1731 the navigator Michael Gvosdev was driven by storm from a point north of Cape Dezhnev to within sight of the Alaskan coast, which he followed for two days.
		Under Bering on his last voyage (x741) was Commander Chirikov of the "St Paul," and after being separated from his leader during foggy weather this officer reached the Alaskan coast and explored a considerable stretch of it.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Bering_Sea,_Island_and_Strait (598 words)

	Semyon Dezhnev - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Semyon (Semion, Simon) Ivanovich Dezhnev (Russian: Семён Ива́нович Дежнёв; circa 1605–1673) was a Russian explorer who in 1648 led the expedition that doubled the known extent of the easternmost promontory of the Eurasian continent and discovered that Asia is not connected to Alaska.
		As his biographers concluded, Semнon Dezhnev was born at the very beginning of the 17th century in Veliky Ustyug in northern Russia.
		In 1670 Prince Boryatinsky (governor of Yakutsk) entrusted Dezhnev with the mission to Moscow.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Simon_Dezhnev (604 words)

	Moscow-Chukotka Expedition » Biography of the explorer Semyon Dezhnev
		The same year Dezhnev sailed along the northern shores of the tip of Asia and discovered the Anian Strait between Asia and Alaska, thus proving that the Eurasian and the American continents are not connected.
		In his reports Dezhnev gave the description of this legendary “Tabin-Promontorium”, the existence of which was rumored by ancient geographers.
		Dezhnev also described two islands of chukchi people (”Ostrova zubatykh”), now known as Diomede Islands consisting of Ratmanov Island and Kruzenstern Island, located between Asia and Alaska in what is now Bering Strait.
	www.moscow-chukotka.com /eng/?page_id=5 (585 words)

	Semyon Dezhnev Summary
		The Voyage of Semen Dezhnev in 1648: Bering's Precursor.
		Semyon (Semion, Simon) Ivanovich Dezhnev (Russian: Семён Ива́нович Дежнёв; circa 1605 – 1673) was a Russian explorer who in 1648 led the expedition that doubled the known extent of the easternmost promontory of the Eurasian continent and discovered that Asia is not connected to Alaska.
		In 1647 he was approached by F.A. Popov (a fellow northman from Kholmogory), who invited Dezhnev to join the Nizhekolymskaya (Low Kolyma) party and to sail by the sea from Kolyma towards the east in search of the precious "walrus zub (tooth) and fish bones" (walrus tusks and whale bones).
	www.bookrags.com /Semyon_Dezhnev (2312 words)

	Kamchatka History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The indigenous peoples of Kamchatka were the Ittelmen in the south and the Koryaks who occupied the northern regions and based their livelihood on reindeer herding.
		Explorers such as the Russian Simon Dezhnev explored the peninsula in the middle of the 17th century.
		Early Russian settlers followed and some exploited the local peoples, their population dropped as a result of their brutal treatment and by diseases brought in by the Russians and previously unknown in the area.
	www.kilimanjaro.cc /kamchatka/history.htm (291 words)

	Discover the Wisdom of Mankind on Blinkbits.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
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	www.blinkbits.com /wikifeeds/SI?from=18300 (129 words)

	Kamchatka History \| Volcano Expedition to Kamchatka (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		It is known for its amazing diversity and abundance of wildlife and nearly pristine frontier land.
		First "discovered" in the 17th century by Russian explorer Ivan Kamchatiy, Simon Dezhnev and the Cossack Ivan Rubetz, Kamchatka is currently inhabited by over 400,000 Russians.
		The founding of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in 1740 by the Danish explorer Vitus Bering began the "opening" of Kamchatka in earnest, helped by the fact that the government began to use the area as a place of exile.
	nai.arc.nasa.gov /kamchatka/?q=node/9 (1417 words)

	Information about Kamchatka peninsula, Russia
		The existence of the Kamchatka Peninsula was known to Russia as far back as the 17th century.
		Famous Russian explorers such as Ivan Kamchatiy, Simon Dezhnev and the Cossack Ivan Rubetz all made exploratory trips to the area in the middle of the 17th century and spoke of an area rich in fish and fur.
		By the turn of the century interest in Kamchatka had increased and in 1697 Vladimir Atlasov, head of the Anadyr settlement}, headed a group of 65 Cossacks and 60 Yukaghir natives to fully explore the peninsula.
	www.travelkamchatka.com /azulay.htm (3564 words)

	BERING ISLAND - Online Information article about BERING ISLAND
		Simon Dezhnev in 1648 followed his route and prolonged it, rounding the East or Dezhnev Cape, and entering the strait.
		Anadyr, and overland communications were gradually opened up.
		storm from a point north of Cape Dezhnev to within sight of the Alaskan coast, which he followed for two days.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /BEC_BER/BERING_ISLAND.html (868 words)

	Amazon.com: Dezhnev (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The three-hundredth anniversary of the discovery of Bering Strait by Semyon Dezhnev (1648-1948) by L. S Berg (Unknown Binding - 1949)
		In 1648 the Cossack Semyon Dezhnev sailed round the northeastern corner...
		of the Pacific Ocean, and Dezhnev rounded the East Cape and...
	www.amazon.com /s?ie=UTF8&keywords=Dezhnev&index=blended&page=1 (558 words)

	Resolution Park
		Native trade existed across the Bering Strait for many centuries before the first Europeans arrived in the 17th century.
		In 1648 a Cossack named Simon Dezhnev sailed through the Strait, proving that Asia and America were separate continents.
		Peter the Great, who transformed Russia into a modern European state, sent Vitus Bering to explore the area.
	www.schonbok.net /joe/cook_resolutionpark.htm (1130 words)

	Travel East Russia - Kamchatkaya Oblast/Komandorsky Islands
		The Koryaks occupied the north and their lifestyle was based on reindeer herding.
		Famous Russian Explorers such as Simon Dezhnev explored the peninsula in the middle of the 17th century.
		It was, however, Vladimir Atlasov, head of the Anadyr settlement, who picked up on the interest in Kamchatka and first came to settle the area accompanied by 65 Cossacks and 60 Yukagir.
	www.traveleastrussia.com /kamchatkaya.html (3631 words)

	AmericanHeritage.com / EMPIRES IN THE NORTHWEST
		Though on the return journey he reportedly stayed well out to sea, he failed to see, in the dense mists, the new continent he was supposed to examine.∗
		Bering Strait was probably discovered by a Cossack, Simon Dezhnev, who embarked from the Arctic coast in 1648, eighty years before Bering’s trip.
		Bering’s was the official venture, however, and so it is by his name that the strait is known.
	www.americanheritage.com /articles/magazine/ah/1956/5/1956_5_64_print.shtml (15331 words)

	The Lost Tribes - Will They Return?
		Is Shemya island, an old Cold War listening post, on the tip of the Aleutian horn, a play on Shema Israel?
		After all, the island was named after its Russian discoverer, Semen (Simon) Ivanovich Dezhnev.
		The entire group of islands were called Semichi by the Russians.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-religion/1273781/posts (2650 words)

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