Alexei Chirikov
Aleksei Ilyich Chirikov (in Russian : , 1703 - November 1748 ) was a navigator and explorer Russian.
In 1721 , Chirikov graduated from the Naval Academy in St. Petersburg and served in the Russian fleet from the Baltic. In 1725-1730 and 1733-1743, the captain of a ship, second Vitus Bering in his two expeditions to Kamchatka.
July 15 1741 , Chirikov, captain of the ship St. Paul was the first European to reach the coast of north-western North America , what will the Alaskan , and then discovered the Aleutian Islands. In 1742 , he was ordered to return to St. Peter, the ship of Vitus Bering. During this operation, it locates the Attu Island ( Aleutian Islands ). Chirikov contributed to the achievement of a map identifying discoveries Russian in the Pacific Ocean in 1746.
The Chirikov island southwest of Alaska he discovered was named in his honor by the English explorer George Vancouver.
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