Xu Fu sails for the isles of immortals

Sima Qian records that the alchemist Xu Fu sailed from the Shandong coast with thousands of youths to fetch the elixir of life for the First Emperor, and never came back.

219 BCE · 35.63, 119.91 · status: disputed

The account

Later legend says he reached Japan; shrines to him exist there.

Sources

1. Wikipedia: Xu Fu