Aleksei Chirikov

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Captain

Aleksei Ilyich Chirikov
Native name
Алексей Ильич Чириков
Birth nameAleksei Ilyich Chirikov
Born1703 (1703)
Luzhnoye [ru], Tula Oblast, Tsardom of Russia
DiedNovember 14, 1748(1748-11-14) (aged 44–45)
Moscow, Russian Empire
Buried
Tula Oblast, Russian Empire
Allegiance
Years of service1716 – 1748
Rank
Captain
Other workNavigator

Aleksei Ilyich Chirikov (

captain who, along with Vitus Bering, was the first Russian to reach the northwest coast of North America. He discovered and charted some of the Aleutian Islands while he was deputy to Vitus Bering during the Great Northern Expedition
.

Biography

Early life

Little is known about Chirikov's early life other than that the

carpenters.[3]

It is known that Chirikov began his service in the

Naval Academy with the rank of Sub-lieutenant.[2][3][4]

Exploration

In 1725–1730 and 1733–1743, he was Vitus Bering's

First and the Second Kamchatka expeditions, having been made a captain in 1733.[3][5][6]

In June 1741 Chirikov in the St Paul and

Baranov Island past the later Russian base at Sitka.[citation needed] He sent out a longboat to find an anchorage. When it did not return after a week he sent out his second longboat which also failed to return. Now without any small boats Chirikov had no way of searching for the two longboats or landing on the coast to explore or replenish his supply of fresh water. After waiting as long as possible, he abandoned the longboats to their fate and on 27 July sailed west.[9] He sighted the Kenai Peninsula, Kodiak Island and Adak Island
near the western end of the Aleutians. With water critically low he reached Petropavlovsk on 12 October 1741.

In 1742, Chirikov was in charge of a search party for Bering's ship St. Peter. During this trip, he located

Anadyr Bay, Tauyskaya Bay, an underwater mountain in the Pacific Ocean, Chirikof Island and Cape Chirikof at the westernmost point of Baker Island
.

Chirikov died on November 14, 1748, in Moscow due to scurvy.[3][9]

See also

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 978-1-4422-4959-2
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  2. ^
    ISBN 978-0-912006-22-2
    .
  3. ^ a b c d Johansen, Hans. "Aleksei Ilich Chirikov Encyclopedia Arctica 15: Biographies". collections.dartmouth.edu. Archived from the original on 2015-09-08. Retrieved 2021-11-29.
  4. ISBN 978-1-310-22009-8
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  5. ISBN 978-0-912006-63-5
    .
  6. ^ "Russian Colonization of Alaska". Nebraska Press. Retrieved 2021-11-29.
  7. ISBN 978-0-88240-652-7
    .
  8. S2CID 162434747
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  9. ^ a b c d "Aleksey Ilich Chirikov". www.britannica.com. October 28, 2021. Archived from the original on 2015-09-19. Retrieved 2021-11-29.

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