Otto von Kotzebue

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Baltic German Imperial Russian Navy officer explorer naval officer person

Otto von Kotzebue was a Baltic German naval officer and explorer in Russian service, best known for his early 19th-century voyages of discovery in the Pacific and Arctic regions.

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von Kotzebue 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Baltic German ⓘ
Imperial Russian Navy officer ⓘ
explorer ⓘ
naval officer ⓘ
person ⓘ
birthDate 1787-12-30 ⓘ
birthPlace Governorate of Estonia ⓘ
Reval ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Russian Empire ⓘ
deathDate 1846-02-15 ⓘ
deathPlace Governorate of Estonia ⓘ
Reval ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ
employer Imperial Russian Navy ⓘ
ethnicGroup Baltic Germans ⓘ
explored Alaskan coast ⓘ
Chukchi Peninsula ⓘ
surface form: Bering Strait region

Pacific Islands ⓘ
surface form: Pacific islands
familyName Otto von Kotzebue self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: von Kotzebue
father August von Kotzebue ⓘ
fieldOfWork exploration ⓘ
navigation ⓘ
givenName Otto ⓘ
hasPlaceNamedAfter Kotzebue Sound ⓘ
surface form: Kotzebue Bay

Kotzebue Sound ⓘ
Kotzebue, Alaska ⓘ
hasRelative August von Kotzebue ⓘ
knownFor exploration of the Arctic regions ⓘ
exploration of the Pacific Ocean ⓘ
voyages of discovery in the early 19th century ⓘ
languageSpoken German ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
militaryBranch Imperial Russian Navy ⓘ
name Otto von Kotzebue self-link ⓘ
nobleTitle von ⓘ
notablePublication A New Voyage Round the World in the Years 1823–1826 ⓘ
A Voyage of Discovery into the South Sea and Beering’s Straits ⓘ
notableWork First Russian circumnavigation voyage under his command (1815–1818) ⓘ
Second Russian circumnavigation voyage under his command (1823–1826) ⓘ
occupation explorer ⓘ
naval officer ⓘ
participantIn Russian circumnavigation expedition on the Rurik ⓘ
surface form: Russian circumnavigation of the globe 1815–1818

Russian circumnavigation expedition on the Rurik ⓘ
surface form: Russian circumnavigation of the globe 1823–1826
religion Lutheranism ⓘ
shipCommanded Predpriyatie ⓘ
Rurik ⓘ
timePeriod 19th century ⓘ

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Chamisso Island → discoveredBy → Otto von Kotzebue ⓘ
Otto von Kotzebue → familyName → Otto von Kotzebue self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: von Kotzebue
Otto von Kotzebue → name → Otto von Kotzebue self-link ⓘ
Rurik → notableCommander → Otto von Kotzebue ⓘ
subject surface form: Rurik (ship)