In 1741, Aleksei Chirikov, commanding a ship on Vitus Bering's second voyage of exploration out of Kamchatka, made the first recorded European landfall on the northwest coast of North America at Baker Island on the west coast of Prince of Wales Island.
En 1741, Aleksei Chirikov, que comandaba un barco na segunda viaxe de Vitus Bering de exploración de Kamchatka, foi o europeo que rexistrou a primeira terra na costa noroeste de Norteamérica na illa de Baker ao oeste da costa da illa Príncipe de Gales.