900 years ago what's the farthest the Chinese, Koreans or
Japanese, had explored north into what is now eastern Russia?
what would there maps have said about the region? did they have
the faintest idea Alaska was there? by grapp in AskHistorians
[–]alltorndown 0 points1 point  (0 children)  Mods- feel free to
delete if you feel necessary, I know it's not the usual type of
source  I am on holiday in Kamchatka presently, and visited the
regional history museum two days ago (my source). At least
locally, the refrain is that prior to Russian colonialism, the
peninsula was the preserve of native siberians only. I can't
speak to written work, but just the museum's narrative itself.
Some tribes in southern Kamchatka were linked to settlements on
the Kuril island chain, which eventually becomes Japan, but
again, the museum gave no information about any contact with
Japan at any point.  My favourite image of the Mongol Hordes by
alltorndown in RedditDayOf  [–]alltorndown[S] 2 points3 points
 (0 children)  Excuse me,