<Li> Pharmacy - botanist: René Primevère Lesson (1805--1888) </Li> <Li> Publications: J. Dumont d'Urville, Voyage of the Astrolabe. (14 volumes, 1830--1835). </Li> <P> A Russian circumnavigation on the ship Senyavin, sailing from Cronstadt and rounding Cape Horn accompanied by Captain Mikhail Nikolaievich Staniukovich in command of the sloop Moller . During the voyage Litke and his team described the western coastline of the Bering Sea, the Bonin Islands off Japan, and the Carolines, discovered 12 new islands . An expedition to strengthen Russian presence near Alaska . A large collection of natural history specimens was made including 1,000 new speciess of insects, fish, birds and other animals and 2,500 plant specimens including algae and minerals . </P> <Ul> <Li> <Ul> <Li> Captain: Fyodor Litke (1797--1882) </Li> <Li> Botanist - naturalist: Karl Heinrich Mertens (1796--1830) </Li> <Li> Naturalist: Heinrich von Kittlitz (1799--1874) </Li> <Li> Mineralogist: Alexander Philipov Postels (1801--1871) </Li> <Li> Published by: F. Litke, Trip around the world (1835--1836). </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul>

Cause and effect of european voyages of exploration