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That's a very good question. The kingdom-ruins he finds himself stranded in are probably at least a couple of centuries old.

If he finds an object, he might see random portions of its history. If the remains of a living being, maybe the individual's final moments. Regardless of whatever's history he views, it would be limited to where he found it. So he can't really read the target's history to get directions to the main office or anything (though he might see which corner of the current hallway the target's projection came around from).