Kankai Ibun-ki [Strange Tales of a Circumnavigation]

Account of four sailor's round-the-world travels from Ishinomaki to Nagasaki, (1793-1804). These hand-copied volumes comprise an illustrated account of 16 Japanese sailors who were shipwrecked on the Russian coast in the winter of 1793. They ended up travelling from Russia, where they stayed almost...

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Date(s) of creation: Early nineteenth century
Level: Collection
Format: Archive