First Englishman Describes Adventures in Shogunate Japan @VoicesofthePast

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Extracts taken from:
The original letters of the English pilot, William Adams, written from Japan between A.D. 1611 and 1617: reprinted from the papers of the Hakluyt Society.
The voyage of Captain John Saris to Japan, 1613 / Edited from contemporary records by Sir Ernest M. Satow
The obituary of William Adams by Richard Cocks

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Diaries Edited and Narrated by David Kelly
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Sound Editing by Jack White
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