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fabian gottlieb von bellingshausen

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Bel⋅lings⋅hau⋅sen

[bel-ingz-hou-zuhn]
–noun
Fa⋅bi⋅an Gott⋅lieb von [fey-bee-uhn-got-leeb von] , (Faddey Faddeyevich Bellingshauzen), 1778–1852, Russian naval officer and explorer.
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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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Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen

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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