St. Lawrence Island
Abstract Otto Von Kotzebue (1787-1846) accompanied Admiral A. J. Von Krusenstern on his circumnavigation of the world in 1803-1806, and subsequently commanded two other voyages around the world in 1815-1817 and 1823-1826. It was on his second voyage that he explored the northwestern coast of Alaska...
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Oxford University PressNew York, NY
1990
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195061024.003.0007 https://academic.oup.com/book/chapter-pdf/52479464/isbn-9780195061024-book-part-7.pdf |
| Summary: | Abstract Otto Von Kotzebue (1787-1846) accompanied Admiral A. J. Von Krusenstern on his circumnavigation of the world in 1803-1806, and subsequently commanded two other voyages around the world in 1815-1817 and 1823-1826. It was on his second voyage that he explored the northwestern coast of Alaska in 1816 in an unsuccessful attempt to find the “Holy Grail” of arctic exploration-the northwest passage. He named Kotzebue Sound for himself, a large bay 35 miles wide by BO miles long north of the Seward Peninsula in extreme northwestern Alaska. |
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