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bellingshausen, fabian gottlieb von

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Bel·lings·hau·sen   (běl'ĭngz-hou'zən)   
Russian naval officer and explorer who led an expedition that circumnavigated Antarctica (1819-1821).
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Bellingshausen, Fabian Gottlieb von

Russian explorer who led the second expedition to circumnavigate Antarctica (1819-21) and for whom was named the Bellingshausen Sea, an area of the Antarctic waters

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