Mikhail Dmitrievich Tebenkov
Mikhail Dmitrievich Tebenkov ( Russian Михаил Дмитриевич Тебеньков * 1802 , † 3. April 1872 in Saint Petersburg ) was a Russian hydrographer , Vice Admiral of the Imperial Russian Navy and 1845-1850 director of the Russian-American Company and Governor of Russian America .
He explored and mapped the then largely unexplored coast of Alaska . His work Atlas of the Northwest Coasts of America: from Bering Strait to Cape Corrientes and the Aleutian Islands was published in 1852. The 39 maps contained therein show the North American coastline from the Bering Strait to California .
In addition to the Tebenkow Bay in the Alexander Archipelago , other geographical objects such as the Tebenkow Glacier or Mount Tebenkow are named after him.
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- Atlas of the Northwest Coasts of America: from Bering Strait to Cape Corrientes and the Aleutian Islands. Limestone Pr, Ontario, USA, 1981, ISBN 978-0-919642-55-3 .
Web links
- Mikhail Dmitrijewitsch Tebenkow on explorenorth.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tebenkof Bay in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
- ↑ Tebenkof Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
- ↑ Mount Tebenkof in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
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| SURNAME | Tebenkow, Michail Dmitrijewitsch |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Tebenkov, Mikhail Dmitrievich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian hydrographer, Vice Admiral of the Imperial Russian Navy, Director of the Russian-American Company and Governor of Russian America |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1802 |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 3, 1872 |
| Place of death | St. Petersburg |