Maarten Gerritszoon Vries
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Maarten Gerritszoon Vries or Fries, also referred to as de Vries, was a 17th-century Dutch cartographer and explorer, the first Western European to leave an account of his visit to Ezo, Sakhalin, Kuri
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Kunashir
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Kunashir, known in Japan as Kunashiri, is the southernmost island of the Kuril Islands. The island has been under Russian administration since the end of World War II, when Soviet forces took possessi
Maarten Gerritszoon Vries
…without a captain) searching for the gold and silver Islands(ja). In the summer of 1643, the Castricum sailed along the southern Kuril Islands, visiting Kunashir, Iturup (which they named "Staten Island", although nowadays this name is only used to refer to Staten Island, in New York City), and Urup, where they…
View of Kunashir from the Rausu Kunashiri Observatory Deck
Cape Stolbchaty on the western side of the island
Sulfuric River, Kunashir
Kunashir coastline: photo taken by Russian president Dmitry Medvedev in November 2010