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Samurai William - The Adventurer Who Unlocked Japan (Paperback, New Ed) Loot Price: R371
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Samurai William - The Adventurer Who Unlocked Japan (Paperback, New Ed): Giles Milton

Samurai William - The Adventurer Who Unlocked Japan (Paperback, New Ed)

Giles Milton

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In 1611 an astonishing letter arrived at the East India Trading Company in London after a tortuous seven-year journey. Englishman William Adams was one of only twenty-four survivors of a fleet of ships bound for Asia, and he had washed up in the forbidden land of Japan. The traders were even more amazed to learn that, rather than be horrified by this strange country, Adams had fallen in love with the barbaric splendour of Japan - and decided to settle. He had forged a close friendship with the ruthless Shogun, taken a Japanese wife and sired a new, mixed-race family. Adams' letter fired up the London merchants to plan a new expedition to the Far East, with designs to trade with the Japanese and use Adams' contacts there to forge new commercial links. SAMURAI WILLIAM brilliantly illuminates a world whose horizons were rapidly expanding eastwards.

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Imprint: John Murray Publishers Ltd
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: February 2003
Authors: Giles Milton
Dimensions: 198 x 130 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - B-format
Pages: 416
Edition: New Ed
ISBN-13: 978-0-340-79468-5
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Historical, political & military
Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1500 to 1750
Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
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Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General
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Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
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LSN: 0-340-79468-2
Barcode: 9780340794685

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