The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made
available edited (and sometimes translated) early accounts of
exploration. The first series, which ran from 1847 to 1899,
consists of 100 books containing published or previously
unpublished works by authors from Christopher Columbus to Sir
Francis Drake, and covering voyages to the New World, to China and
Japan, to Russia and to Africa and India. Volume 8 (1850) consists
of documents relating to the earliest European experience of Japan,
including a description of the country, its rulers and political
system, and some letters from William Adams (1564 1620), possibly
the first Englishman to reach that country. Adams became an advisor
to the shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu, and played a crucial role in the
establishment of the first Western trading posts in Japan. The book
contains an introduction and explanatory notes.
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