Giambattista Vico vs Vitus Bering
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Compare the life timelines of Giambattista Vico (1668–1744) and Vitus Bering (1681–1741) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 60 years, from 1681 to 1741.
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Giambattista Vico (1668–1744)
- — Born in Naples, Italy Verified
- — Largely self-educated after irregular Jesuit schooling Verified
- — Worked as tutor to the Rocca family at Vatolla Verified
- — Appointed professor of rhetoric at the University of Naples Verified
- — Married Teresa Caterina Destito Verified
- — Published On the Most Ancient Wisdom of the Italians, his critique of Descartes Verified
- — Published the first edition of the New Science (Scienza Nuova) Verified
- — Published his Autobiography Verified
- — Appointed royal historiographer to Charles of Bourbon, King of Naples Verified
- — Died in Naples Verified
Vitus Bering (1681–1741)
- — Born in Horsens, Denmark Verified
- — Joined the Russian Navy Verified
- — Married Anna Christina Pülse Verified
- — Appointed leader of the First Kamchatka Expedition Verified
- — Sailed through the strait between Asia and America Verified
- — Given command of the Second Kamchatka Expedition Verified
- — Sighted the coast of Alaska Verified
- — Shipwrecked on an uninhabited island during the return voyage Verified
- — Died on Bering Island Verified