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| | Otto von Kotzebue - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | The second son of August von Kotzebue, he was born at Reval (now Tallinn, Estonia), then part of the Russian Empire. |
 | | In this vessel, with only twenty-seven men, including the naturalists Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz and Adelbert von Chamisso, Kotzebue set out on July 30, 1815 to find a passage across the Arctic Ocean and explore the less-known parts of Oceania. |
 | | Proceeding via Cape Horn, he discovered the Rumyantsev Islands, Rurik Islands and Krusenstern Islands (today Tikehau), then made for Kamchatka, and in the middle of July proceeded northward, coasting along the north-west coast of North America, and discovering and naming Kotzebue Sound or Gulf and Cape Krusenstern. |
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