Otto von Kotzebue
Otto von Kotzebue (30 December 1787 - 15 February 1846) was a
Baltic German naval officer in the
Imperial Russian Navy. He commanded two naval expeditions into the
Pacific for the purposes of exploration and scientific investigation. The first expedition explored
Oceania and the western coast of
North America and passed through the
Bering Strait in search of a passage across the
Arctic Ocean. His second voyage was intended as a military resupply mission to
Kamchatka but again included significant explorations of the west coast of North America and Oceania.
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