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Drawing of Russian captive sailors in Japanese scrolls (lemmy.world)
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[–] 6 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Do we have independent confirmation on those measurements?

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  • [–] 19 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 child)

    I looked some things up. This drawing depicts the Golovnin Incident and the person in front is Vasily Golovnin. Not sure how they got "Karoitan" from that, but anyway.
    I can't find anything about his height, but I imagine if he really was 2.18 meters tall, it would be written down everywhere, so it's probably exaggerated.

    EDIT: I misread, it's not Karoitan, it's Kahitan, meaning they thought his name was "captain".

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