*Dutch explorer [[Maarten de Vries]] visits [[Sakhalin]]. The local [[Ainu]] offer him and his people chopsticks, and upon finding they cannot use them, call the Dutchmen "Spanola," an indication that the Ainu were surprisingly familiar with foreign peoples. | *Dutch explorer [[Maarten de Vries]] visits [[Sakhalin]]. The local [[Ainu]] offer him and his people chopsticks, and upon finding they cannot use them, call the Dutchmen "Spanola," an indication that the Ainu were surprisingly familiar with foreign peoples. |