Adam Johann von Krusenstern
1770–1846
Russian navigator, hydrographer, and admiral. Circumnavigated the world, 1803–6. Foreign member, Royal Society, 1837.
Sources
BHGW
L. S. Dawson 1885
EB
Bibliography
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EB: The Encyclopædia Britannica. A dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information. 11th edition. 29 vols. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1910–11.
