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The second son of August Friedrich Ferdinand von Kotzebue (May 3, 1761 _ March 23, 1819), was a German dramatist. He was born at Weimar. After attending school there, he went in his sixteenth year to the University of Jena, and afterwards studied for a year in Duisburg. In 1780 he completed his legal... August von Kotzebue, he was born at The city of Tallinn is the capital city and main seaport of Estonia. It is located on Estonias north coast to the Baltic Sea, 80 kilometres south of Helsinki. Contents // See also Tallinn TV Tower External links http://www.tallinn.ee (official) Uherope - Travel Tips to Tallinn and more... Reval (now The city of Tallinn is the capital city and main seaport of Estonia. It is located on Estonias north coast to the Baltic Sea, 80 kilometres south of Helsinki. Contents // See also Tallinn TV Tower External links http://www.tallinn.ee (official) Uherope - Travel Tips to Tallinn and more... Tallinn, Estonia (disambiguation). The Republic of Estonia is a country in Northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the north. Estonia has land borders with its fellow Baltic state, Latvia, to the south, with Russia to the east, and maritime border with Finland... Estonia). After attending the Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and... St Petersburg school of cadets, he accompanied Adam Johann Ritter von Krusenstern was an Estonian Baltic German who became a Russian admiral and explorer. He was born in November 19, 1770 in Haggud, today Rapla, Estonia and died August 24, 1846 in Reval, now Tallinn, Estonia. In Russia, Krusenstern is also known as Ivan Fedorovich Krusenstern (И... Krusenstern on his voyage of 1803-1806. On promotion to lieutenant, Kotzebue was placed in command of an expedition, fitted out at the expense of the imperial chancellor, Count Romanzoff, in the In sailing, a brig is a vessel with two masts at least one of which is square rigged. In modern parlance, a brig is square rigged on both masts, and this is the standard name for such a vessel. Previously, brig has been used as an abbreviation of brigantine, which... brig Rurick. In this vessel, with only twenty-seven men, including the naturalists Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz (1 November 1793 – May 1831) was an eminent botanist, physician and naturalist. Eschscholtz was a Baltic German; he was born and died in Tartu (then Dorpat) in what is now Estonia, studied medicine at the local University of Tartu, and spent his main career there... Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz and Adelbert von Chamisso ( January 30, 1781 – August 21, 1838), was a German poet and botanist. He was born at the château of Boncourt in Champagne, France, the ancestral seat of his family. Driven out by the French Revolution, his parents settled in Berlin, where in 1796 young... Adelbert von Chamisso, Kotzebue set out on July 30 is the 211th day (212th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 154 days remaining. Events 1608 - At Ticonderoga (now Crown Point, New York), Samuel de Champlain shot two Iroquois chiefs to death. This was to set the tone for French-Iroquois relations for... July 30, 1815 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). Events January 3 - Austria, Britain, and France form a secret defensive alliance treaty against Prussia and Russia. January 4 - Netherlands, Foundation of the first dutch student association, the Groninger Studenten Corps, Vindicat Atque Polit. The first rector of... 1815 to find a passage across the The Arctic Ocean, located mostly in the north polar region, is the smallest of the worlds five oceans, and the shallowest. Even though IHO recognizes it as an ocean, oceanographers may call it the Arctic Mediterranean Sea or simply the Arctic Sea, classifying it as one of the mediterranean... Arctic Ocean and explore the less-known parts of For the fictional superstate in George Orwells novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, see Oceania (fiction). Map of Oceania. Oceania is a name used for varying groups of islands of the Pacific Ocean. In its narrow usage it refers to Polynesia (including New Zealand), Melanesia (including New Guinea) and Micronesia. In... Oceania.

Proceeding via Cape Horn is often said to be the southernmost point of South America. It is located in the Tierra del Fuego archipelago. The southernmost point on the mainland is Cape Froward. The cape was first rounded by a European on January 26, 1616, by the Dutch expedition of Willem Schouten... Cape Horn, he discovered the Romanzov Islands, Rurik Islands and Satellite photo of the Bering Strait, with the Diomede Islands at center. The Diomede Islands (Big Diomede or Imaqliq, also known as Ratmanov Island, and Little Diomede or Inaliq) are two rocky islands located in the middle of the Bering Strait between Alaska and Siberia. The islands straddle international borders... Krusenstern Islands, then made for Kamchatka Oblast, an oblast in Russia. Kamchatka Peninsula, a peninsula, on which Kamchatka Oblast is located. Kamchatka River, a River in Russia. This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. If an article link referred you here, you... Kamchatka, and in the middle of July proceeded northward, coasting along the north-west coast of World map showing location of North America A satellite composite image of North America North America is the third largest continent in area and in population after Eurasia and Africa. It is bounded on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the east by the North Atlantic Ocean, on the... North America, and discovering and naming Kotzebue Sound is an arm of the Chukchi Sea in western Alaska, 66°40 North 163° West. It is on the north side of the Seward Peninsula and is bounded on its east side by the Baldwin Peninsula. It is 161 km (100 miles) long and 113 km (70 miles... Kotzebue Sound or Gulf and Krusenstern Cape. Returning by the coast of World map showing location of Asia A satellite composite image of Asia Asia is the central and eastern part of the continent of Eurasia, defined by subtracting the European peninsula from Eurasia. Geologically and geographically, Asia is not a continent or a subcontinent. The exact boundaries are vaguely defined, especially... Asia, he again sailed to the south, sojourned for three weeks at the The Sandwich Islands was the name given by Captain James Cook to Hawaii on his discovery of the islands on January 18, 1778. The name was given in honour of one of his sponsors, John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, who was at the time the First Lord of the... Sandwich Islands, and on January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. Here a calendar year refers to the order in which the months are displayed, January to December. The first day of the medieval Julian year was usually a day other than January 1... January 1, Events March 4 - James Monroe succeeds James Madison as the President of the United States of America April – Earthquake in Palermo, Italy April 3 – Princess Caraboo appears in Almondsbury in Gloucestershire, England May - The General Convention of the Episcopal Church founded General Theological Seminary while meeting in New... 1817 discovered Año Nuevo Island, California New Year Island (New Zealand) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. If an article link referred you here, you might want to go back and fix it to point directly to... New Year Island. After further cruising in the The Pacific Ocean (from the Latin name Mare Pacificum, peaceful sea, bestowed upon it by the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan) is the worlds largest body of water. It encompasses a third of the Earths surface, having an area of 179.7 million km² (69.4 million sq... Pacific Ocean, he again proceeded north, but severe illness compelled him to return to Europe, and he reached the River Neva (Нева́) is a 74 km long Russian river flowing from the Lake Ladoga (Ладожское Озеро - Ladozhskoye Ozero) through the Carelian Isthmus (Карельский П... Neva on August 3 is the 215th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (216th in leap years), with 150 days remaining. Events 1400-1899 1492 - Christopher Columbus sets sail from Palos de la Frontera, Spain. 1492 - The Jews were expelled from Spain by the Catholic Monarchs. 1645 - The Second Battle... August 3, 1818 is a common year starting on Thursday. Events February 12 - Chile gains its independence from Spain March 11 - Mary Shelleys Frankenstein is published March 22 - Easter Sunday falls on its earliest possible date. The next time Easter will fall this early: 2285. April 4 - The U.S. Congress... 1818, bringing home a large collection of previously unknown plants and much new ethnological information.

In Events July 15 - San Paolo fuori le Mura church in Rome almost completely destroyed by fire September 10 - Peru December 2 - US President James Monroe delivers a speech to the U.S. Congress, announcing a new policy of forbidding European interference in the Americas and establishing American neutrality in future... 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 information and material in Physical map of the Earth (Medium) (Large 2 MB) Geography is the scientific study of the locational and spatial variation in both physical and human phenomena on Earth. The word derives from the Greek words γη or γεια (Earth) and γραφει... geography, Ethnography (from the Greek ethnos = nation and graphe = writing) refers to the qualitative description of human social phenomena, based on months or years of fieldwork. Ethnography may be holistic, describing a society as a whole, or it may focus on specific problems or situations within a larger social scene. The... ethnography and natural history. The expedition, proceeding by Cape Horn, visited the Radak and Categories: Oceania geography stubs | French Polynesia ... Society Islands, and reached Petropavlovsk can refer to: Petropavlovsk (or Petropavl) in Kazakhstan Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. If an article link referred you here, you might want to go back and fix it to... Petropavlovsk in July 1824 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). Events January 22 - Ashantis crush British forces in the Gold Coast Cimetière du Montparnasse established The Dutch sign the Masang Agreement temporarily ending hostilities in the Padri War March 17 signing of the Anglo-Dutch Treaty... 1824. Many positions along the coast were rectified, the Navigator islands visited, and several discoveries made. The expedition returned by the Marianna, The Republic of the Philippines is an island nation consisting of an archipelago of 7,107 islands, lying in the tropical western Pacific Ocean about 100 kilometers southeast of mainland Asia. Spain (1565-1898) and the United States (1898-1946), colonized the country and have been the largest influences on... Philippines, Map of New Caledonia New Caledonia ( French: Nouvelle-Calédonie; popular names: Kanaky, Le caillou) is a French territory of 18,575 km² (7,172 sq. miles) made up of a main island and several smaller islands, in the southwest Pacific. Population in 2004 is about 220,000... New Caledonia and the The Hawaiian Islands are an archipelago of numerous islands and atolls trending northwest by southeast in the North Pacific Ocean between latitudes 19° N and 29° N. The archipelago takes as its name that of the largest island in the group. It extends some 1500 miles from northernmost Kure Atoll... Hawaiian Islands, reaching 1888 map of Kronstadt bay Kronstadt (Russian: Кронштадт; also Kronshtadt, Cronstadt) is a strongly fortified Russian seaport town, located on Kotlin Island, near the head of the Gulf of Finland, at 59°5930 N and 29°4630 E. It lies... Kronstadt on July 10 is the 191st day (192nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 174 days remaining. Events 100 BC-AD 1899 48 BC - Battle of Dyrrhachium, Caesar barely avoids a catastrophic defeat to Pompey in Macedonia. AD 1778 - American Revolution: Louis XVI of France declares... July 10, Events February 11 - University College London is founded, under the name University of London. April 1 - Samuel Morey patents the internal combustion engine. June 14-15 – The Auspicious Incident: Mahmud II, sultan of Ottoman Empire, crushes the last mutiny of janissaries in Istanbul July 26 - Last auto de fe... 1826. There are English translations of both Kotzebue's narratives: A Voyage of Discovery into the South Sea and Beering’s Straits for the Purpose of exploring a North-East Passage, undertaken in the Years 1815-1818 (3 vols. 1821), and A New Voyage Round the World in the Years 1823-1826 (1830).

Three years after his return from his second voyage, Kotzebue died at Reval.

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