Duccius[?] - inscriptions, notably a tombstone of Lucius Duccius Rufinus at York[2] (http://museums.ncl.ac.uk/archive/arma/contents/iconog/tombston/cent1/uk/york/duccius.htm)
... however, regarded it as a peninsula, and were unaware of the existence of the Strait of Tartary, which was discovered in 1809 by a Japanese, Mamiya Rinzo[?]. The Russian ...