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Amaterasu Omikami
Author_William Corr
British Commonwealth Occupation Force
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China Captain
cocks
cross-cultural exchange Asia
Dutch-English rivalry
early modern maritime history
East Indies
English navigator Japan case study
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European explorers Japan
factory
Foure Moneths
hirado
Hirado Factory
ieyasu
Ieyasu's Death
Ieyasu’s Death
Jan Huyghen Van Linschoten
Jan Pietersz
Jesuit missions East Asia
john
Li Tan
Luis Frois
madre
North West Passage
Novaya Zemlya
Oliver Van Noort
Philip III
Quang Tri
richard
Richard Cockes
saris
Sea Adventure
Sengoku Jidai
Society ofJesus
South East Trades
tokugawa
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Tokugawa period encounters
Uninvited Guests
Wild Men
william
Young Man
Product details
- ISBN 9781873410448
- Weight: 620g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 21 Aug 1995
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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This book charts the life and times of Captain William Adams who lived in the period of 1564 to 1620. Adam himself wrote little; his letters and logs, while vivid and valuable, would convey too little about the eventful years between 1600 and 1620 on their own. Other sources, such as thevarious writings of other Europeans in Japan, complete the tale. Including mentions of significant historical events, for example in 1588 William Adams commands a supply ship, the ‘Richard Dygylde’, at the time of Philip II of Spain's attempted invasion of England, the Enterprise of England (the Spanish Armada) and in 1600 The first Dutch ship (Liefde) arrives in Japan. William Adams is taken before Tokugawa Leyasu and questioned;he explains that Holland and England are at war with Spain and Portugal. Leyasu declines the Portuguese suggestion that he execute the Liefde's crew.
