1564 - 1620
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| First Name |
William
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| Last Name |
Adams
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| Birthday |
24th September, 1564
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| Birthplace |
Gillingham, United Kingdom
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| Died |
16th May, 1620
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| Place of Death |
Hirado, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan
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| Build |
Average
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| Eye Color |
Blue
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| Hair Color |
Blonde
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| Zodiac Sign |
Libra
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| Sexuality |
Straight
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| Ethnicity |
White
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| Nationality |
Japanese
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| Occupation Text |
Navigator
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| Occupation |
Business
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William Adams (Japanese: ウヰリアム・アダムス, Hepburn: Wiriamu Adamusu) (24 September 1564 – 16 May 1620), better known in Japanese as Miura Anjin (Japanese: 三浦按針, "the pilot of Miura"), was an English navigator who, in 1600, was the first Englishman to reach Japan in a ship called de Liefde under the leadership of Jacob Quaeckernaeck, the only surviving ship of a five-ship expedition launched by a Rotterdam East India company(which would later be amalgamated into the United East India Company, the VOC). Of the few survivors of the only ship that reached Japan, Adams and his second mate Jan Joosten were not allowed to leave the country while Jacob Quaeckernaeck and Melchior van Santvoort were permitted to go back to the Dutch Republic to invite them to trade.
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