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William Adams | English Navigator & Samurai Warrior | Britannica
William Adams was a navigator, merchant-adventurer, and the first Englishman to visit Japan. At the age of 12 Adams was apprenticed to a shipbuilder in the merchant marine, and in 1588 he was master of a supply ship for the British navy during the invasion of the Spanish Armada.
William Adams (pilot) - Wikipedia
William Adams (Japanese: ウィリアム・アダムス, Hepburn: Uwiriamu Adamusu, kyūjitai: ウヰリアム・アダムス; 24 September 1564 – 16 May 1620), better known in Japan as Miura Anjin (三浦按針, 'the pilot of Miura'), was an English navigator who, in 1600, became the first Englishman to reach Japan.
William Adams Biography - Facts, Childhood, Family Life & Achievements
William Adams, also known as Anjin-sama in Japan, was the first Englishman to reach Japan and one of the few Westerners to attain the rank of samurai. Despite being a foreigner, Adams was respected and admired by the Japanese people for his knowledge of shipbuilding and navigation.
Journey to Japan | The William Adams Club
With only a fraction of the crew able to stand, on April 19th 1600, Liefde, now alone after Hoop's disappearance during the crossing, weighed anchor by the island of Kuroshima, near the town of Usuki in Kyushu. Adams was the most senior officer able to stand, and hence he took command.
William Adams: English Adviser to the Shogun | History Today
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 caste) in 1603. Adams eventually rose to the rank of Hatamoto, the shogun’s direct retainer.
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