See also:

• OTTO

OTTO VON See also:

• KOTZEBUE, AUGUST FRIEDRICH FERDINAND VON (1761–1819)
• OTTO VON KOTZEBUE (1787–1846)

KOTZEBUE (1787–1846)  , See also:

• RUSSIAN

Russian navigator, second son of the foregoing, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• REVAL, or REVEL (Russ. Revel, formerly Kolyvan; Esthonian, Tallina and Tannilin)

Reval on the 3oth of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1787 . After being educated at the St See also:

• PETERSBURG

Petersburg school of cadets, he accompanied See also:

• KRUSENSTERN, ADAM IVAN (1770-1846)

Krusenstern on his voyage of 1803–1806 . After his promotion to See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant See also:

• KOTZEBUE, AUGUST FRIEDRICH FERDINAND VON (1761–1819)
• KOTZEBUE, OTTO VON (1787–1846)

Kotzebue was placed in command of an expedition, fitted out at the expense of the imperial See also:

• CHANCELLOR (M. Eng. and Anglo-Fr. canceler, chanceler, Fr. chancelier, Lat. cancellarius)

chancellor, See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

Count Rumantsoff, in the brig " Rurick." In this See also:

• VESSEL (O. Fr. vaissel, from a rare Lat. vascellum, dim. of vas, vase, urn)

vessel, with only twenty-seven men, Kotzebue set out on the 3oth of See also:

• JULY

July 1815 to find a passage across the See also:

• ARCTIC (Gr. "ApKroc, the Bear, the northern constellation of Ursa Major)

Arctic Ocean and explore the less-known parts of See also:

• OCEANIA

Oceania . Proceedingby Cape See also:

• HORN
• HORN (a common Teutonic word, cognate with Lat. cornu; cf. Gr. Kipas)
• HORN (Lat. cornu; corresponding terms being Fr. cor, trompe; Ger. Horn; Ital. corno)
• HORN, ARVID BERNHARD, COUNT (1664-1742)
• HORN, PHILIP DE MONTMORENCY, COUNT

Horn, he discovered the Romanzov, Rurik and Krusen•. stern Islands, then made for See also:

• KAMCHATKA

Kamchatka, and in the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle of July proceeded northward, See also:

• COASTING

coasting along the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north-See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of See also:

• AMERICA

America, and discovering and naming Kotzebue Gulf or See also:

• SOUND
• SOUND, THE (Danish Oresund)

Sound and Krusenstern Cape . Returning by the coast of See also:

• ASIA

Asia, he again sailed to the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south, sojourned for three See also:

• WEEKS, EDWIN LORD (1849-1903)

weeks at the See also:

• SANDWICH
• SANDWICH, EDWARD MONTAGU, or MOUNTAGU, 1ST EARL OF (1625–1672)
• SANDWICH, JOHN MONTAGU, 4TH EARL OF (1718–1792)

Sandwich Islands, and on the 1st of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1817 discovered New See also:

• YEAR

Year See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

Island . After some further cruising in the Pacific he again proceeded north, but a severe attack of illness compelling him to return to See also:

• EUROPE

Europe, he reached the See also:

• NEVA

Neva on the 3rd of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1818, bringing See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home a large collection of previously unknown See also:

• PLANTS

plants and much new ethnological See also:

• INFORMATION (from Lat. informare, to give shape or form to, to represent, describe)

information . In 1823 Kotzebue, now a See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain, was entrusted with the command of an expedition in two See also:

• SHIPS

ships of See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war, the See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main See also:

• OBJECT

object of which was to take reinforcements to Kamchatka . There was, however, a See also:

• STAFF (O. Eng. staef, cf. Du. staf, Ger. Stab, &c.; Icel. stafr meant also a written letter, and O. Eng. stafas, the letters of the alphabet; " stave," one of the thin pieces of wood of which a cask is made, is a doublet)

staff of scientists on See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

board, who collected much valuable in-formation and material in See also:

• GEOGRAPHY (Gr. yil, earth, and ypiickty, to write)

geography, ethnography and natural See also:

• HISTORY

history . The expedition, proceeding by Cape Horn, visited the Radak and Society Islands, and reached See also:

• PETROPAVLOVSK

Petropavlovsk in July 1824 . Many positions along the coast were rectified, the Navigator islands visited, and several discoveries made . The expedition returned by the Marianna, Philippine, New See also:

• CALEDONIA

Caledonia and Hawaiian Islands, reaching See also:

• KRONSTADT

Kronstadt on the loth of July 1826 . There are See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• TRANSLATIONS

translations of both Kotzebue's narratives: A Voyagg of See also:

• DISCOVERY

Discovery into the South See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

Sea and Beering's Straits for the Purpose of exploring a North-See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East Passage, undertaken in the Years 1815–1818 (3 vols .

1821), and A New Voyage See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

Round the See also:

• WORLD

World in the Years 1823–1826 (183o) . Three years after his return from his second voyage, Kotzebue died at Reval on the 15th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1846 .