Title	Vitus Bering.
Identifier	ASL-Bering-Vitus-1 ASL-P01-2302
Collection Name	Alaska State Library Portrait File. Photographs. ASL.
Description	Portrait traditionally identified as Vitus Jonassen Bering. This identification is questioned, following the discovery in 1991 of Bering's remains and the forensic reconstruction of his facial features. Portrait is possibly Vitus Pedersen Bering, uncle to Bering's mother, poet, and royal historian.
Subject.TGM	Explorers
Personal Name	Bering, Vitus Jonassen, 1681-1741 Bering, Vitus Pedersen
Time Period	1741 and before
Type	Image (Drawings)
Ordering & Use	http://library.alaska.gov/vilda_rights.html
Holding Institution	Alaska State Library - Historical Collections, PO Box 110571, Juneau AK 99811-0571; mailto:asl.historical@alaska.gov

Vitus Bering.

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