Adam Johann von Krusenstern
Baltic German admiral and explorer in Russian service, who led the first Russian circumnavigation of the globe (1770–1846)
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- Voyage Round the World, in the Years 1803, 1804, 1805, & 1806
- Reise um die welt in denjahren 1803, 1804, 1805 und 180
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- 1685-03-21
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- 1750-07-28
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Adam Johann von Krusenstern (Russian: Ива́н Фёдорович Крузенште́рн, romanized: Ivan Fyodorovich Kruzenshtern; 10 October 1770 – 12 August 1846) was a Russian admiral and explorer of Swedish and Baltic German descent, who led the first Russian circumnavigation of the Earth in 1803–1806.
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1770 births1846 deaths19th-century explorers from the Russian EmpireBaltic-German nobilityBaltic-German people from the Russian EmpireBurials at St Mary's Cathedral, TallinnCircumnavigators of the globeCorresponding members of the Saint Petersburg Academy of SciencesDemidov Prize laureatesEstonian explorersForeign members of the Royal Society