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Which ship did he command for the Russian circumnavigation of the globe in 1819-1821?
Nadezhda
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Vostok
Krusenstern
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Vostok was a Russian corvette that was commanded by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen for the Russian circumnavigation of the globe in 1819-1821. The expedition was the first to sight Antarctica and to sail through the South Pacific.
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