Adam Johann Von Krusenstern
Adam Johann Ritter von Krusenstern (November 19, 1770 – August 24, 1846; Russian: Иван Фёдорович Крузенштерн, Ivan Fyodorovich Kruzenshtern), was an admiral and explorer, who led the first Russian circumnavigation of the globe.
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