Vitus Bering
... that unbeknownst to him, Danish explorer Vitus Bering was not in fact the first European to sail through the strait that now bears his name?
... that unbeknownst to him, Danish explorer <b id="mwCII"><a href="./Vitus_Bering" id="mwCIM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Vitus Bering">Vitus Bering</a></b> <i id="mwCIQ">(pictured)</i> was not in fact the first European to sail through the <a class="mw-redirect" href="./Bering_strait" id="mwCIU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Bering strait">strait that now bears his name</a>?