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R<br />
after WILHELM GOTTLIEB TILESIUS VON TILENAU<br />
(artist, 1769–1857)<br />
IVAN FEDOROVICH KRUSENSTERN<br />
(author, 1770–1846)<br />
An Inhabitant <strong>of</strong> the Island <strong>of</strong> Nukahiva<br />
in Journey around the World in the Years 1803, 1804, 1805, and 1806<br />
Saint Petersburg: Morskaia Tipografiia, 1809–1813<br />
MAPS COLLECTION<br />
A BICENTENNIAL GIFT FROM THE MINNAMURRA FOUNDATION, 1988<br />
R is for Round the World<br />
Between 1803 and 1806, under the patronage <strong>of</strong> Tsar Alexander I,<br />
Krusenstern completed the first Russian circumnavigation <strong>of</strong> the<br />
world. His report <strong>of</strong> the voyage was illustrated in this volume by<br />
Tilesius von Tilenau, who served as ship’s doctor, marine biologist<br />
and expedition artist.
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