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lettered by Abraham Ortelius, 1570
In their words
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Who’s who
/ Japan
Other East, South and Southeast Asian peoples
Japan
Named in 3 sources and maps.
c. 1569–1578
approximate
Peregrination of Fernão Mendes Pinto, giving account of many very strange things seen and heard in the…
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Fernão Mendes Pinto
claimed or disputed
W242
1794
exact year
Brief Account of What Was Heard about the Northern Raft
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Katsuragawa Hoshū
informant testimony
W159
1807
exact year
Strange Tidings from around the Seas
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Ōtsuki Gentaku and Shimura Hiroyuki, from the…
informant testimony
W160
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