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''Vostok'' was a 28-gun sloop-of-war of the Imperial Russian Navy, the lead ship of the First Russian Antarctic Expedition in 1819—1821, during which Faddey Bellingshausen (commander of the ship) and Mikhail Lazarev (commanding ''Mirny'', the second ship) circumnavigated the globe, discovered the continent of Antarctica and twice circumnavigated it, and discovered a number of islands and archipelagos in the Southern Ocean and the Pacific.〔(Шлюп "Восток" ) at sailhistory.ru 〕 == History == ''Vostok'' was launched in 1818 at Okhta shipyards, Saint Petersburg.〔 On ''Vostok'' under the command of Commander Faddey (Fabian Gottlieb von) Bellingshausen, the leader of the expedition, alongside ''Mirny'' under the command of Lieutenant Commander Mikhail Lazarev left Kronshtadt and on reached the shore of Antarctica, which was sighted for the first time in history. After repair in Sydney in Australia, the expedition explored the tropical parts of the Pacific, and on again turned to Antarctica. On the sloops reached the southernmost point of their voyage at 69° 53' S and 92° 19' W. On they returned to Kronshtadt.〔 In 751 days they covered 49,723 miles (circa 92,300 km). Apart from the discovery of the world's sixth continent, Antarctica, 29 islands were mapped and complex oceanographic works carried out. A medal was issued by the Russian Admiralty to commemorate the expedition.〔 In 1828 sloop ''Vostok'' was excluded from navy lists and scrapped.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Vostok (sloop-of-war)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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