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William Adams

Extract from Saris’s Log, 29th July 1613

Posted on 29 July 2013 at 12:38 pm.

Written by Jenny White

..the long wait is over, William Adams arrives in Hirado and meets John Saris…  “Mr Addams arrived at Firando, having byn 17 daies on the waie comminge from Sorongo, wee havinge staied heere for his comminge 48 daies.  After that … Continued

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