Ludwig von Hagemeister
| Ludwig von Hagemeister | |
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| 2nd Governor of Russian America | |
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In office January 11, 1818 – October 24, 1818 |
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| Preceded by | Alexander Andreyevich Baranov |
| Succeeded by | Semyon Yanovsky |
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| Born | 1780 Drostenhof, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire |
| Died | December 24, 1833 |
| Nationality | Baltic German |
| Religion | Lutheran |
Ludwig August von Hagemeister (Russian: Лео́нтий Андриа́нович Гагеме́йстер; Leontij Andrianovic Gagemejster; 1780 Drostenhof, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire – December 24, 1833) was a Baltic German who held the rank of Captain of the 1st rank in the Imperial Russian Navy. He was a maritime explorer of Alaska and the Pacific Ocean, and served briefly in 1817-1818 as the second Chief Manager of the Russian-American Company.
Hagemeister was born to an ethnic Baltic German family in the Russian Empire. He began his service in the Russian naval forces in 1795 as a volunteer midshipman. Along with a group of fellow junior servicemen, he joined the British Royal Navy in 1802 on board the HMS Argus.
In 1806 he was directed to take the Neva with provisions needed to Russian America; this was the first of three circumnavigations in his career to New Archangel. Departing on 20 October 1806 from Kronstadt, the Neva began to cross the Atlantic Ocean to the south, to go around the continent of Africa and sail East. After passing the Cape of Good Hope, Hagemeister and his subordinates were the first Russian crew to visit the Australian mainland, reaching the port of Port Jackson on 4 June.
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