Mamiya Rinzo is the Japanese explorer who proved first time Sakhalin should be an island. Actually he went around the island to make a precise map and then crossed the strait to reach the Chinese trading post of Deleng at Amur River. Here are an account of his adventure and pictures of that epoch.
Mamiya Rinzo is the Japanese explorer who proved first time Sakhalin should be an island. Actually he went around the island to make a precise map and then crossed the strait to reach the Chinese trading post of Deleng at Amur River. Here are an account of his adventure and pictures of that epoch.