Vitus Behring

Definitions of Vitus Behring
  1. noun
    Danish explorer who explored the northern Pacific Ocean for the Russians and discovered the Bering Strait (1681-1741)
    synonyms: Behring, Bering, Vitus Bering
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    in earlier times, a person who explored by ship
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