Otto von Kotzebue

Otto von Kotzebue
Born	30 December [O.S. 19] 1787 Reval, Governorate of Estonia, Russian Empire
Died	15 February [O.S. 3] 1846 (aged 58) Reval, Governorate of Estonia, Russian Empire
Citizenship	Russian Empire German Confederation
Occupation	Military officer
Parent	August von Kotzebue

Otto von Kotzebue (Russian: О́тто Евста́фьевич Коцебу́; 30 December 1787 - 15 February 1846) was a Baltic German naval officer in the Imperial Russian Navy. He commanded two naval expeditions into the Pacific for the purposes of exploration and scientific investigation. The first expedition explored Oceania and the western coast of North America and passed through the Bering Strait in search of a passage across the Arctic Ocean. His second voyage was intended as a military resupply mission to Kamchatka but again included significant explorations of the west coast of North America and Oceania.^[1]