Adam Johann von Krusenstern , 1770-1846, Russian navigator. From 1803 to 1806 he circumnavigated the globe. Although the voyage was undertaken to stimulate the fur trade of the Pacific coast and to revive trade with China and Japan, its real contribution was to the knowledge of the hydrography of the N Pacific coast of America. Krusenstern was director (1827-42) of the royal naval academy and was promoted to the rank of admiral. He wrote an account of his voyage (3 vol. and atlas, 1809-13; tr. 1813).
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How Marquesan art became a puzzle
International Herald Tribune; 5/28/2005; Souren Melikian; 1303 words;
... Cabri and three expedition members Adam Johann von Krusenstern, Captain Urey Lisiansky and the German scientist Georg Heinrich von Langsdorff compiled descriptions ... the most ''enduring legacy of Krusenstern's visit.'' A few years later ...
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