This article examines the navigation material and maps compiled by Adam Krusenstern based on his 1803 to 1806 circumnavigation, which was the Russian Empire's first such effort. These records included surveys of Formosa and the islands around it. During Krusenstern's journey he relied on hydrographical and cartographical materials compiled by other Europeans. However, after his navigation, he realized that his findings could revise and enrich those existing information. In the 1810s and 1820s, Krusenstern published his materials. Soon they were translated into multiple languages across Europe and became cutting-edge information on world geography in the nineteenth century.