Ivan Vasilyev
Ivan Filippovich Vasiliev (Vasilyev, Vasil'ev) (1776 – July 1812) (referred to in some records as "Ivan Vasiliev the First") was a Russian explorer and navigator of the Imperial Russian Navy. He accompanied Leonty Andrianovich Hagemeister (1780–1833) on ship ''Neva'' to explore the coasts of Alaska and the North Pacific in 1806. Vasiliev explored the Alexander Archipelago and the many coastal Islands in the area. In 1809 he surveyed the western shore of Baranof Island. Ivan F. Vasiliev should not be confused with explorer Mikhail Vasilyev (explorer), Mikhail Vasilyev (1770–1847) or with another navigator named Ivan Yakovlevich (Iakovlevich) Vasiliev (Vasil'ev) (1797 - died after 1838). Adam Johann von Krusenstern, Krusenstern says this about Ivan Filippovich Vasiliev: ''It is much to be regretted that the hydrographic works of a naval officer, Vasilief, who was in the employment of the American Company, were lost... Provided with a sextant and chronometer and with much zeal ...
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