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Adolf Etolin
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'''Adolf Karlovich Etolin''' (born '''Arvid Adolf Etholén'''
January 9,
1799 in
Helsinki,
Finland, died
March 29,
1876 in
Elimäki, Finland). He was an
exploration explorer and
administration administrator employed by the
Russian-American Company.
Some historians believe that Etolin traveled from
Russia to
United States America with
Vasily Golovnin in the ''Kamchatka'' in
1817, but no records currently known corroborate this.
He served from
1818 to
1825 as a ship master. Etolin was part of a group that surveyed the
Bering Sea in
1822 to
1824. He was the adjutant for the governor of the Russian American colonies in
1834. He became governor of the Russian-American Company colonies in
1840 to
1845. He was a member of the board of the Russian-American Company in
Saint Petersburg, Russia from
1847 to
1859.
An island in
Alaska,
Etolin Island, is named after Etolin, as are a cape, a point, and a mountain.
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Category:1799 births Etolin, Adolf Karlovitch
Category:1876 deaths Etolin, Adolf Karlovitch
Category:Finnish explorers Etolin, Adolf Karlovitch
Category:Russian explorers Etolin, Adolf Karlovitch
Category:Explorers of North America Etolin, Adolf Karlovitch
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