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in an expedition of the united fleets to Bornholm under
the command of Sievers. In 1717 he was made captain
of the third, and in 1720 of the second rank, and took
part, until peace was concluded, in the various
manœuvers in the Baltic under the command of Gordon and
Apraxin.[1]
After the peace of Nystad in 1721, however, his
position became somewhat unpleasant. Although he was a
brother-in-law of Vice-Admiral Saunders, he had,
according to Berch, powerful enemies in the Admiralty. The
numerous promotions made after the conclusion of peace,
in no way applied to him. In the following year younger
comrades were advanced beyond him, and hence in 1724
he demanded promotion to a captaincy of the first rank,
or his discharge. After protracted negotiations, and in
spite of the fact that Apraxin repeatedly refused to sign
his discharge, he finally obtained it, and then withdrew
to his home in Viborg, Finland, where he owned an
estate, and where, no doubt on account of the
Scandinavian character of the city, he preferred to stay.
During the negotiations for his discharge, the Czar was in
Olonetz, but some time afterwards he informed Apraxin
that Bering was again to enter the navy, and with the
desired promotion. This occurred in August, 1724, and
a few months later Bering was appointed chief of the
First Kamchatkan Expedition, the object of which was
to determine whether Asia and America were connected
by land.
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