A Voyage of Discovery into the South Sea and Beering’s Straits

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exploration account non-fiction book scientific expedition report travel narrative

"A Voyage of Discovery into the South Sea and Beering’s Straits" is the published account of the early 19th-century Russian circumnavigation voyage of the Rurik, documenting its scientific explorations and discoveries in the Pacific and Bering Strait regions.

Aliases (1)

Otto von Kotzebue’s Pacific exploration voyage ×1

Statements (37)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	exploration account → non-fiction book → scientific expedition report → travel narrative →
associatedWith	Russian exploration of the Pacific → exploration of Beering’s Straits →
author	Otto von Kotzebue →
basedOn	Russian circumnavigation voyage of the Rurik →
contains	descriptions of flora and fauna → descriptions of indigenous peoples → maps and charts → navigational observations →
countryOfOrigin	Russian Empire →
genre	exploration literature →
historicalContext	Russian naval exploration →
language	English →
narrativeFocus	early 19th-century Russian circumnavigation →
originalLanguage	German →
purpose	to document scientific explorations → to report discoveries made during the voyage of the Rurik →
regionCovered	Bering Strait → Pacific Ocean → South Sea →
relatedWork	accounts of Russian circumnavigation voyages →
scientificDiscipline	ethnography → geography → natural history →
shipDocumented	Rurik →
subject	Bering Strait exploration → Pacific Ocean exploration → ethnographic observations → geographical discoveries → natural history → scientific discoveries →
timePeriodDescribed	early 19th century →
title	A Voyage of Discovery into the South Sea and Beering’s Straits →
voyageTypeDescribed	circumnavigation voyage →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Rurik (ship) ("Otto von Kotzebue’s Pacific exploration voyage") →	flagshipOf
Otto von Kotzebue →	notablePublication
Russian circumnavigation expedition on the Rurik →	notablePublicationTitle
A Voyage of Discovery into the South Sea and Beering’s Straits →	title