TO HIS EXCELLENCY 
ADMIRAL VON KRUSENSTERN, 
THE FIRST RUSSIAN CIRCUMNAVIGATOR; 
WHOSE NAME WILL BE IMMORTALIZED BY HIS ACTIVE 
AND BENEFICIAL PATRONAGE OF THE 
NAUTICAL SCIENCE : 
TO MY PATERNAL FRIEND, 
WHOM, WHILE STILL A BOY, I ACCOMPANIED ON 
HIS CELEBRATED EXPEDITION, AND UNDER 
WHOSE AUSPICES I RECEIVED MY EARLY 
EDUCATION AS A SEAMAN; 
THESE VOLUMES 
ARE DEDICATED WITH THE MOST AFFECTIONATE 
RESPECT. 
