Plot: In 1724, Danish navigator Vitus Jonassen Bering was sent by Peter the Great to explore the water routes between Siberia and North America, proving that North America and Asia were not connected. In 1741, another voyage to North America ended in shipwreck

Conquest Of America - Season 1 - The Northwest (Episode 4)
Episode Aired On:
Tuesday, March 29 2005
20 years ago
Tuesday, March 29 2005
20 years ago
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