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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 (Japanese: ウィリアム・アダムス, Hepburn: Wiriamu Adamusu) (24 September 1564 – 16 May 1620), known in Japanese as Miura Anjin (Japanese: 三浦按針, "the pilot of Miura"), was an English navigator who, in 1600, was the first Englishman to reach Japan, leading a five-ship expedition for a private Dutch fleet.
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.
William Adams, también conocido en japonés como Anjin-sama (anjin, «piloto»; sama, un calificativo honorífico japonés equivalente a «excelencia» y como Miura Anjin , fue un navegante inglés que viajó a Japón y se cree que fue el primer británico en llegar a ese país. Sirvió de inspiración para el personaje de John Blackthorne en la famosa novela de James Clavell, Shogun, y como ...
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.
4 de abr. de 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 ...
17 de dic. de 2021 · William Adams war wahrscheinlich der erste und einzige Europäer, dem der Titel eines Samurai zuerkannt wurde. Er diente in einem Zeitalter der Ungewissheit als Brücke zweier Kulturen, die unterschiedlicher nicht hätten sein können, und war einer der wichtigsten Engländer in der Geschichte Japans.
