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The first Englishman in Japan, 1860. Creator: Unknown.

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The first Englishman in Japan, 1860. Illustration from "Will Adams; the First Englishman in Japan. A Romantic Biography" by William Dalton. 'The Erasmus, the first Dutch ship which ever reached...[Japan], in 1599, was piloted by William Adams, a Kentish man...His skill in mathematics and the art of shipbuilding...procured him a long but honourable detention in Japan - a favourite of the Emperor; but in the midst of his honours and wealth he yearned in vain to return home to his wife and dear children. He never had that comfort. Detained by the Emperor, he lived many years on the island, and there died, at Firando, in 1619 or 1620. He deserves a high place in the list of the heroes of naval discovery and enterprise, and equally so among the diplomatists of commerce and civilisation. In Mr. Dalton's statement of the facts on which he founds his "romantic biography" we are told that, as a friend and confidant of the Emperor, Adams negotiated a treaty for this country, married a native lady, had children, and died after a twenty years' sojourn in Japan...'. From "Illustrated London News", 1860.

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HRM23B08_466

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57,3Mo (3,6Mo) / 42,0cm x 34,2cm / 4960 x 4039 (300dpi)

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England arts politics country art British English color Japan Japanese political war location century gesturing Britain first newspapers press print international relations concept navigation Navy B&W navigator hand gesture sailor warfare sailors 17th century engraved engraving Colour naval warfare 19th century black & white black and white B W white and black foreigner 16th century nineteenth century sixteenth century seventeenth century The Print Collector Illustrated London News ILN mariner newspaper Unknown William William Adams Dalton William Adams 19th-century Miura Anjin William Dalton