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A gripping biography of the English ship pilot who would become one of the most influential Westerners in feudal Japan. In 1600, English helmsman William Adams washed ashore in Japan and was interrogated by Tokugawa Ieyasu, Japan’s most powerful warlord and soon-to-be shogun. Far from executing Adams as a pirate, Ieyasu made him one of his most trusted advisers. This biography traces Adams ...
William Adams (24 September 1564 – 16 May 1620), was an English navigator. He was the first Englishman to visit Japan. [1] He was born in Gillingham, Kent, England. William's father died when his at age 12. He apprenticed to a shipwright, and studied shipbuilding, astronomy, and navigation. He joined the Royal Navy during Anglo-Spanish War.
28 mar 2018 · William Adams, esperto navigatore inglese, divenne il primo samurai occidentale della storia del Giappone, in seguito all’incontro con un futuro shogun e a un incredibile viaggio per gli oceani, durato dal 1598 al 1600. La sua avventura fu d’ispirazione per James Clavell che ideò il personaggio di John Blackthorne nel best seller “Shogun”.
William Adams (später japanisch 三浦 按針 Miura Anjin; * 24. September 1564 in Gillingham , Kent ; † 16. Mai 1620 in Hirado , Nagasaki ) war ein englischer Navigator , der als erster Engländer per Schiff nach Japan reiste, mit einer Expedition von fünf Schiffen einer privaten niederländischen Flotte.
ウィリアム・アダムス. ウィリアム・アダムズ （William Adams、 1564年 9月24日 - 1620年 5月26日 〈 元和 6年 4月24日 〉） [1] は、 江戸時代 初期に 徳川家康 に外交顧問として仕えた イングランド 人の航海士、 水先案内人 、貿易家。. 日本名は 三浦 按針 （みうら ...
4 apr 2024 · In 1600 a Dutch galleon arrived on the shores of a small fief on Kyushu, the westernmost of Japan’s four main islands. It was the first Dutch ship to reach Japan. Among the crew was an English navigator, William Adams, who managed to gain the trust of Tokugawa Ieyasu, a powerful warlord who became a shogun (the military leader of the samurai ...
This is a highly readable account of Adams’ voyage to and twenty years in Japan, told for the first time from a Japanese perspective, and enriched by detailed o...
