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Mikhail Spiridonovich Gvozdev (Russian: Михаи́л Спиридо́нович Гво́здев; c. 1700 – after 1759) was a Russian military geodesist and a commander of the expedition to northern Alaska in 1732, when the Alaskan shore was sighted by Russians for the first time.
Russian sea captain and explorer who in 1732 was the first European to discover Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska. Cape Prince of Wales is the nearest point on the North American continent to Asia, lying just across the Bering Strait from the eastern-most point of Siberia.
Quick Reference. (d. after 1759), Russian explorer of Alaska. Gvozdev graduated from the Saint Petersburg Naval Academy as a geodesist, and in 1732 he sailed on the Gavriil with Ivan Fyodorov.
Oct 25, 2016 · Gvozdev, Mikhail Spiridonovich (about 1704–1759) – a second lieutenant of geodesy, a participant of the First and the Second Kamchatka Expeditions. Northwest Alaska explorer. From 1716 to 1718 studied in Moscow Mathematics and Navigation School.
Mikhail Spiridonovich Gvozdev (Russian: Михаи́л Спиридо́нович Гво́здев; c. 1700 – after 1759) was a Russian military geodesist and a commander of the expedition to northern Alaska in 1732, when the Alaskan shore was sighted by Russians for the first time.
Mikhail Spiridonovich Gvozdev was a Russian military geodesist and a commander of the expedition to northern Alaska in 1732, when the Alaskan shore was for the first time sighted by Russians.
Mikhail Gvozdev is a Russian scientist and inventor who is best known for his work in the field of aeronautics. He is credited with the invention of the first successful powered aircraft, the Gvozdev-1, which was the first aircraft to fly in Russia.
