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See also:ADAM See also:IVAN See also:KRUSENSTERN (1770-1846)
, See also:Russian navigator, hydrographer and See also:admiral, was See also:born at Haggud in See also:Esthonia on the 19th of See also:November 1770
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In 1785 he entered the See also:corps of See also:naval cadets, after leaving which, in 1788, with the grade of See also:midshipman, he served in the See also:war against See also:Sweden
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Having been appointed to serve in the See also:British See also:fleet for several years (1793—1799), he visited See also:America, See also:India and See also:China
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After See also:publishing a See also:paper pointing out the advantages of See also:direct communication between See also:Russia and China by Cape See also:Horn and the Cape of See also:Good See also:Hope, he was appointed by the See also:emperor See also:
His narrative contains a good many important discoveries and rectifications, especially in the region of Japan, and the contributions made by the various savants were of much scientific importance
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A valuable work is his Atlas de l'Ocean Pacifique, with its accompanying Recueil See also:des memoires hydrographiques (St Petersburg, 1824-1827)
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See Memoir by his daughter, Madame See also:Charlotte Bernhardi, translated by See also:Sir See also: |
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