Otto von Kotzebue was a Russian naval officer in the Imperial Russian Navy. He commanded two naval expeditions
into the Pacific for the purposes of exploration and scientific investigation. Wikipedia
Born: December 30, 1787, Tallinn, Estonia
Died: February 15, 1846 (age 58 years), Tallinn, Estonia
Books: A Voyage of Discovery Into the South Sea and Beering's Straits, A New Voyage Round the World in the Years 1823, 24, 25, and 26, Journal Analysis of the islands discovered by the Rurick in the Great Ocean, by Krusenstern. On the diseases of the crew, by Dr. Eschscholtz. Remarks and opinions of the naturalist of the expedition, A. v. Chamisso, and more
Grandchildren: Alexandrine von Wistinghausen and Wilhelmine Helene von Doepp