Mamiya Rinzō
Japanese explorer of the late Edo period / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In this Japanese name, the surname is Mamiya.
Mamiya Rinzō (間宮 林蔵, 1775 – 13 April 1844) was a Japanese explorer of the late Edo period. He is best known for his exploration of Karafuto, now known as Sakhalin. He mapped areas of northeast Asia then unknown to Japanese.
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