Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture ProCon Money Videos

Otto von Kotzebue: Quick Facts

Written and fact-checked by
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of  Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them.
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Facts

Born December 30, 1787 • Tallinn • Estonia
Died February 15, 1846 (aged 58) • Tallinn • Estonia
Krusenstern, detail of a portrait by an unknown artist
Adam Johann Krusenstern
Russian explorer
Ferdinand Magellan
Ferdinand Magellan
Portuguese explorer
Bougainville, engraving by Émile Lassalle after Maurin
Louis-Antoine de Bougainville
French navigator
default image
Robert Fitzroy
British scientist
Sir Joseph Banks, engraving by Ridley, 1802
Sir Joseph Banks
British naturalist
Baron Anson, detail of an oil painting by an unknown artist, c. 1745–46; in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, Eng.
George Anson, Baron Anson
British admiral
Admiral John Byron
John Byron
British admiral
default image
Tobias Furneaux
British explorer
default image
Robert Gray
American explorer
Oil painting of Peter the Great, emperor of Russia, shown from the waist up wearing armor and a sash, with one hand resting on a cane, against a dark background.
Peter I
emperor of Russia
default image
Aleksey Grigoryevich, Count Orlov
Russian count
default image
Aleksandr Vasilyevich Kolchak
Russian naval officer
Makarov, Stepan Osipovich
Stepan Osipovich Makarov
Russian naval commander
default image
Aleksandr Fyodorovich Mozhaysky
Russian naval officer
Bertrand Piccard, 1999.
Bertrand Piccard
Swiss aviator
Brian Jones, 1999.
Brian Jones
British aviator
default image
Olivier Brunel
Flemish merchant
Eckener, 1931
Hugo Eckener
German aeronautical engineer
default image
Joshua Slocum
Canadian seaman
Thomas Cavendish, engraving
Thomas Cavendish
English navigator and explorer

Related Quizzes

Buzz Aldrin. Apollo 11. Apollo 11 astronaut Edwin Aldrin, photographed July 20, 1969, during the first manned mission to the Moon's surface. Reflected in Aldrin's faceplate is the Lunar Module and astronaut Neil Armstrong, who took the picture.
Exploration and Discovery