Semyon Dezhnyov

Semyon Ivanovich Dezhnev was a Russian zemleprokhodets, an explorer of Siberia and the first European to sail through the Bering Strait, 80 years before Vitus Bering did. In 1648 he sailed from the Kolyma River on the Arctic Ocean to the Anadyr River on the Pacific.

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Who was born first?

• Semyon Dezhnyov and Jean-Baptiste Tavernier were born the same year
• Semyon Dezhnyov was born 2 years after Abel Tasman
• Semyon Dezhnyov was born 5 years before Georg Marcgrave
• Semyon Dezhnyov was born 6 years before Evliya Çelebi
• Semyon Dezhnyov was born 6 years after Adam Olearius

Timeline

1. Adam OleariusSeptember 23, 1599 – February 1671
2. Abel Tasman1603 – October 10, 1659
3. Jean-Baptiste Tavernier1605 – July 1689
4. Semyon Dezhnyov (this page)March 7, 1605 – 1673
5. Georg MarcgraveSeptember 10, 1610 – 1644
6. Evliya ÇelebiMarch 25, 1611 – 1682

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