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Petropavlovski sadam Kamtšatka poolsaarel / The harbor of Petropavlovsk on the Kamchatka Peninsula
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Petropavlovsk asub Venemaa idapoolsel rannikul Vaikse ookeani kaldal. Kuigi et väike ning lisaks tabatud langusest, oli ta 19. sajandi algul Kamtšatka poolsaare tähtsaim asula..- - -.Petropavlovsk is located on Russia’s eastern coast on the shores of the Pacific Ocean. Although small and generally in decline, it was the most important settlement on the Kamchatka Peninsula at the beginning of the 19th century...Viitekood / Reference code:.EAA.1414.3.3.103..Lehekülg SAAGAs (vaja registreeruda) / Page in SAAGA (registration needed):.www.ra.ee/dgs/_purl.php?shc=EAA.1414.3.3:112 ( http://www.ra.ee/dgs/_purl.php?shc=EAA.1414.3.3:112 )
Between 1803-1806 the first Russian circumnavigation took place. The author of the idea for the expedition, as well as its leader and captain on one of the two ships was the Baltic German nobleman Adam Johann von Krusenstern, born in the Governorate of Estonia. In addition to its many scientific goals, the expedition was also meant to establish economic and diplomatic relations with China and Japan, as well as find a more efficient way to supply the Russian-American Company and raise Russia into the circle of naval powers. These watercolour paintings originate from Hermann Ludwig von Löwenstern’s diary, who was a lieutenant on the ship Nadezhda, captained by Krusenstern. They have been attributed to Löwenstern himself as well as the scientist Wilhelm Gottlieb Tilesius, who participated on the expedition as a botanist and artist.
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