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Samurai William: The Englishman Who Opened the East
Samurai William The Englishman Who Opened the East
Author: Giles Milton
An eye-opening account of the first encounter between England and Japan, by the acclaimed author of Nathaniel's Nutmeg — In 1611, the merchants of London's East India Company received a mysterious letter from Japan, written several years previously by a marooned English mariner named William Adams. Foreigners had been denied access to Japa...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780374253851
ISBN-10: 0374253854
Publication Date: 1/18/2003
Pages: 368
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Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Book Type: Hardcover
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