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040			_aKenya National Library Service _erda
082			_a952.024092 MIL
100			_aMilton, Giles _eauthor
245			_aSamurai William : _bthe Englishman who opened Japan / _cGiles Milton.
300			_a399 pages : _b illustrations, map ; _c20 cm.
504			_aIncludes index.
520			_aIn 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 Japan for centuries, yet Adams had been living in this unknown land for years. He had risen to the highest levels in the ruling shogun's court, taken a Japanese name, and was now offering his services as adviser and interpreter. Seven adventurers were sent to Japan with orders to find and befriend Adams, in the belief that he held the key to exploiting the opulent riches of this forbidden land. Their arrival was to prove a momentous event in the history of Japan and the shogun suddenly found himself facing a stark choice: to expel the foreigners and continue with his policy of isolation, or to open his country to the world.
650			_aAdams, William, 1564-1620
650			_aBritish--Japan--Biography
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