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In 1721, Chirikov graduated from the Naval Academy . In 1725– 1730 and 1733– 1743, he was Vitus Bering's deputy during the First and the Second Kamchatka expeditions. On July 16, 1741, Chirikov on his ship "St. Pavel" was the first European to land on the northwestern coast of North AmericaNorth America is the third largest continent in area and the fourth ranked in population. It is bounded on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the east by the North Atlantic Ocean, on the south by the Caribbean Sea, and on the west by the North Pacific Ocea and discover some of the Aleutian IslandsThe Aleutian Islands (possibly from Chukchi aliat " island") are a chain of small islands situated in the Northern Pacific Ocean, and extending about 1,900 km (1,200 miles) westward from the extremity of the Alaskan peninsula toward the peninsula of Kamch. In 1742Events January 24 Charles VII Albert becomes Holy Roman Emperor. February 16 Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, becomes Prime Minister of Great Britain. February 18 British attack La Guayra. April 8 The first performance of George Frideric Handel's orat, Chirikov was in charge of a search party for Bering's ship "St. Piotr". During this trip, he specified the location of the Attu IslandAttu is the westernmost island in the Near Islands group of the Aleutian Islands of Alaska, making it the westernmost point of land in Alaska and the United States. Attu Station is located at 52°51' north latitude, 173°11' east longitude. It is nearly 1,7. Chirikov took part in creating the final map of the Russian discoveries in the Pacific OceanFor other meanings of pacific see pacific (disambiguation). The Pacific Ocean (from the Spanish Pacifico meaning peaceful is the world's largest body of water. It encompasses a third of the Earth's surface, having an area of 179. 7 million km² (69. 4 mill ( 1746Events January 8 Bonnie Prince Charlie occupies Stirling April 16 Battle of Culloden brings an end to the Jacobite Risings October 22 The College of New Jersey is founded (it becomes Princeton University in 1896) October 28 An earthquake demolishes Lima a). CapeA cape is a coastal landform extending beyond the adjacent coast into the sea or a lake. A cape is usually more than just a headland and peninsula, having considerable effects on the directions of ocean currents around them. The most important capes : Caps of the Kyusyu Island, Attu Island, Anadyr Bay , Tauyskaya Bay , and an underwater mountain in the Pacific Ocean bear Chirikov's name.