Ivan Unkovsky

Ivan Semyonovich Unkovsky (spelt also as Unkovski), (b. 1822 - d. 1886) was an admiral, explorer and surveyor of the Imperial Russian Navy.

As commander of the frigate "Pallada" (1822-1886) Unkovsky led a Russian scientific expedition, along with Admiral Yevfimy Putyatin, to the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. This expedition began in 1852 and reached the coast of Japan in 1855, contributing many important discoveries in oceanography. [ [http://www.gebco.net/about_us/meetings_and_minutes/documents/gebco_scufn_17_report.pdf 1852-1855 Expedition] ]

Unkovsky also played a role in the 19th century Treaty of Shimoda, a commercial treaty between Japan and Russia which was followed by the opening of the Russian Foreign Settlementy at Nagasaki. [ [http://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/acd/re/k-rsc/ras/publication/kiyo_en/06/6_05.pdf Frigate "Pallada" in Japan and the Friendship Treaty between Japan and Russia] ] & [ [http://www.uwosh.edu/faculty_staff/earns/askold.html William McOmie, The Frigate Askold and the Opening of the Russian Foreign Settlementy at Nagasaki] ]

An island in the Nordenskiöld Archipelago‎ was named after this Russian explorer.

ee also

*Relations between the Empire of Japan and the Russian Empire

References

External links

* [http://visualrian.com/images/item/80200 Portrait]