Adam Johan von Krusenstern (in the Nadezhda) and Captain J.F. Lisianski (in the Neva) accomplished the first Russian circumnativation of the world, making important discoveries in the North Pacific. Krusenstern named the Cook Islands in honour of Captain Cook.

BOOKS:

Krusenstern, A.J. von. Voyage Round the World in the Years 1803, 1804, 1805 & 1806. (St. Petersburg: Imperial Navy Printing Office, 1813; London, 1813; Amsterdam, New York: Nico Israel, Da Capo, 1968). Two volumes.

Krusenstern, A.J. von. Atlas to Captain Krusenstern's Voyage Round the World (St. Petersburg: Imperial Navy Printing Office, 1813. (Amsterdam, New York: Nico Israel, Da Capo, 1974). [The original Atlas was published in both Russian and German. The Russian copy used for this facsimile is from the TENRI Library at Narra, Japan]

Krusenstern, Adam Johan von. Reise um die Welt. Erlebnisse und Bordbuchnotizen des Kommandanten der Expeditionsschiffe Nadeshda und Newa bei der ersten Weltumseglung unter russischer Flagge in den Jahren 1803 - 1806 (Liepzig, Austria: Brockhaus, 1985).

[BCBW 2005] "Russian" "Forts and Fur"