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vitus bering

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Ber⋅ing

  [beer-ing, ber-, bair-; Dan. bey-ring]
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–noun
Vi⋅tus  [vee-toos] , 1680–1741, Danish navigator: explorer of the N Pacific.
Also, Behring.
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Ber·ing   (bîr'ĭng, bâr'-, bār'- bā'rĭng)   
Danish navigator and explorer who in 1728 sailed through the Bering Strait, proving that Asia and North America are separate continents.
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