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Dmitry Yakovlevich Laptev (Лаптев, Дмитрий Яковлевич in Russian ( unknown - unknown), Russian Arctic explorer, Vice Admiral ( 1762).Laptev started his career in the navy as a cade t in 1718. In 1736, he was appointed leader of one of the parties of the Second Kamchatka expedition . As a result of his voyages by land and sea in 1739— 1742, Laptev described the sea coastline from the mouth of the Lena river to the Cape Bolshoy Baranov (east of the mouth of the Kolyma river), basin and mouth of the Anadyr river, and land route from the Anadyr fortress to the Penzhinskaya Bay . In 1741Events April 10 Austrian army attack troops of Frederick the Great at Mollwitz December 19 Vitus Bering dies in his expedition east of Siberia December 25 Anders Celsius develops his own thermometer scale Celsius William Browning invents mineral water Eli—1742, Laptev surveyed the rivers of Bolshoy Anyuy and Anadyr. After the expedition, he continued his military service in the Baltic fleet . Laptev retired in 1762. A cape in the deltaDelta can signify: Δ or δ, a letter of the Greek alphabet. See delta (letter) A triangular area of alluvial deposit at the mouth of a river, roughly in shape of Δ. See river delta. The large triangular region of alluvial deposit at the m of the Lena river and a straitA strait is a narrow channel of water that connects two larger bodies of water, and thus lies between two land masses. The terms strait channel and passage can be synonymous and interchangeable, although channel has other meanings. Many straits are econom between the Bolshoy Lyakhovsky Island and AsianThe term Asian can refer to something or someone from Asia. Its precise use varies depending on who is using it. In the United Kingdom and Anglophone Africa, the term Asian usually refers to people whose ethnic heritage is from the Indian subcontinent. mainlandMainland is a product name belonging to Fonterra. Mainland is usually the continental part of a region, as opposed to the islands nearby. Sometimes the residents are called "the Mainlanders". As a result of the usually larger area of mainland, there are s bear his name. The Laptev Sea is also named after Dmitry Laptev (and Khariton Laptev).
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