KOTZEBUE, OTTO VON (17871846)

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KOTZEBUE, OTTO VON (17871846) , Russian navigator, second son of the foregoing, was born at

Reval

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

on the 3oth of December 1787. After being educated at the St

Petersburg

PETERSBURG

school of cadets, he accompanied Krusenstern on his voyage of 18031806. After his promotion to lieutenant Kotzebue was placed in command of an expedition, fitted out at the expense of the imperial chancellor,

Count

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

Rumantsoff, in the brig " Rurick." In this vessel, with only twenty-seven men, Kotzebue set out on the 3oth of July 1815 to find a passage across the Arctic Ocean and explore the less-known parts of Oceania. Proceedingby Cape Horn, he discovered the Romanzov, Rurik and Krusen. stern Islands, then made for Kamchatka, and in the middle of July proceeded northward,

coasting

COASTING

along the north-west

coast

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

of America, and discovering and naming Kotzebue Gulf or Sound and Krusenstern Cape. Returning by the

coast

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

Asia

ASIA

, he again sailed to the

south

SOUTH
SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

, sojourned for three weeks at the Sandwich Islands, and on the 1st of January 1817 discovered New Year

Island

ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

. After some further cruising in the Pacific he again proceeded north, but a severe attack of illness compelling him to return to Europe, he reached the Neva on the 3rd of August 1818, bringing

home

a large collection of previously unknown plants and much new ethnological information. In 1823 Kotzebue, now a captain, was entrusted with the command of an expedition in two ships of war, the main object of which was to take reinforcements to Kamchatka. There was, however, a staff of scientists on board, who collected much valuable in-formation and material in geography, ethnography and natural history. The expedition, proceeding by Cape Horn, visited the Radak and Society Islands, and reached 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 Caledonia and Hawaiian Islands, reaching Kronstadt on the loth of July 1826. There are English translations of both Kotzebue's narratives: A Voyagg of Discovery into the

South

SOUTH
SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

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

East

EAST
EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

Passage, undertaken in the Years 18151818 (3 vols. 1821), and A New Voyage Round the World in the Years 18231826 (183o). Three years after his return from his second voyage, Kotzebue died at

Reval

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

on the 15th of February 1846.

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