Sunday, December 18, 2011

Seafaring Sunday: The Vast Bering Sea

December 19, 1741: Vitus Jonassen Bering dies; this Dutch explorer was the man after whom the Bering Sea was named.  RIP

Header: Portrait of Vitus Bering in middle age, artist unknown, via Wikipedia
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2 comments:

  1. Timmy!December 19, 2011 at 4:05 PM

    Ahoy, Pauline! Bering was fairly vast himself (at least in middle age) from the looks of his portrait...

    RIP

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  2. PaulineDecember 19, 2011 at 4:35 PM

    It does look like he enjoyed a healthy appetite. And why not after all?

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