Strategic Alliances and Trail of Broken Treaties 1700-1799

1725

Peter the Great colonizes Alaska

Vitus Bering's expedition is wrecked on the Aleutian Islands in 1741.
Vitus Bering's expedition is wrecked on the Aleutian Islands in 1741.

The emperor of Russia sends Vitus Bering to Alaska’s coast for colonization. The Russians are primarily interested in the abundance of fur-bearing mammals on Alaska's coast after overharvesting around the Bering Sea.

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