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[[File:Магнус Карл (Матвей Карпович) Бем (1727—1806) — российский государственный деятель, начальник Камчатки.jpg|thumb|right|{{center|Magnus von Behm }}]]

'''Magnus von Behm''' (27 March 1727, in [[Livonia]] – 9 July 1806, in [[Riga]]) was the chief commander of [[Kamchatka]] in [[Russia]] from 1773 to 1779. With his wife Eva von Borning, they had four children: Maria, Eva, Peter and Charlotte Christina.

After [[James Cook]]'s death in Hawaii, the surviving commander, [[Charles Clerke]], sailed to Kamchatka, and entrusted Cook's logbook to Behm, who saw that it was safely delivered to England, along with a cover letter describing Cooks death. The letter was how England learned the news of Cook's death since - though it arrived eleven months after Cook's death - it arrived before the ships returned.<ref>J. C. Beaglehole, ''The Life of Captain James Cook'', 1994</ref>

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