Vries Strait (Пролив Фриза, Proliv Friza), historically also known as the De Vries Strait, is a strait between two main islands of the Kurils. It is located between the northeastern end of the island of Iturup and the southwestern headland of Urup Island, connecting the Sea of Okhotsk on the west with the Pacific Ocean on the east. It has a width of 42 km.
VriesStrait (Пролив Фриза, Proliv Friza), historically also known as the De VriesStrait, is a strait between two main islands of the Kurils. It is located...
Maarten Gerritszoon Vries or Fries, also referred to as de Vries, (18 February 1589 in Harlingen, Netherlands – late 1647 at sea near Manila) was a 17th-century...
(12 mi) to its southwest and Urup 37 km (23 mi) to its northeast. The VriesStrait between Iturup and Urup forms the Miyabe Line dividing the predominant...
when the island was connected to the Continent of Asia via the exposed Strait of Tartary. When the ice age receded, the oceans rose and the Nivkh were...
the coast of Urup. The strait between Urup and Iturup is known as the VriesStrait, after Dutch explorer Maarten Gerritsz Vries, the first recorded European...
Vries, who mapped Cape Patience and Cape Aniva on the island's east coast in 1643. In the summer of 1643, the Castricum under Martin Gerritz de Vries...
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Tenorio to prevent the crossing of the Moroccans and supplies across the Strait of Gibraltar. The Castilian admiral, however, found himself in a weakened...
the island of Sakhalin) in the 1640s. The Dutch captain Maarten Gerritsz Vries in the Breskens entered the Sea of Okhotsk from the south-east in 1643,...
followers. Although the second ship was destroyed by the Byzantine cross-strait iron chains, Harald's ship sailed safely into the Black Sea after successfully...
other goods; De Vries and Van der Woude, page 436 De Vries and Van der Woude, pages 436–437 De Vries and Van der Woude, pages 437–440 De Vries and Van der...
island. The first European known to visit Sakhalin was Martin Gerritz de Vries, who mapped Cape Patience and Cape Aniva on the island's east coast in 1643...
island of the Japanese archipelago situated in-between the Tsushima Strait and Korea Strait, approximately halfway between Kyushu and the Korean Peninsula...
cartographer Maarten Gerritsz Vries was exploring Hokkaido and the surrounding area for the Dutch East India Company (VOC). Vries's account of the area was...
Vries was shot with 5 bullets, right after he left the studio of RTL Boulevard in Amsterdam, where he had appeared as a guest on the show. De Vries died...
and Smits & Voorhoeve (1998). de Vries 2004, pp. 1–2. Remijsen 2001, p. 30. Berry & Berry 1987, pp. 84, 92. de Vries 2004, pp. 2, 96. Berry, Keith; Berry...
dealings in 1681 with Dutch privateer Captain Yanky or Yanke. Linguist Jan de Vries notes that there was mention of a pirate named Dutch Yanky in the 17th century...
as part of the 60-minute program. ABC News Medical Correspondent George Strait moderates. 350 8 "Skyscraper! A Nova Special" December 10, 1991 (1991-12-10)...
islands called 'Rica de Oro' and 'Rica de Plata'. In 1643 Maarten Gerritsz Vries reached and charted Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands. In 1653 Hendrick Hamel...
Archived from the original on June 24, 2010. Sources citing two children: de Vries, Hilary (August 2, 1992). "His Own Man . . . Always : Clint Eastwood used...
western shores of Lake Baikal, opposite Olkhon. 1643 – Maarten Gerritsz Vries sails along the eastern coast of "Yezo" (Hokkaidō), between Iturup and Urup...
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