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Will Adams was a notable English explorer, born in 1564, who became the first Englishman to reach Japan. As a navigator and sailor, Adams played a crucial role in establishing the initial contacts between England and Japan during the early 17th century. His experiences were remarkable, as he became a samurai and an advisor to Tokugawa Ieyasu, the shogun. Adams' journey and life in Japan were extraordinary, symbolizing the cultural exchange and the beginnings of a relationship between the East and West. His story is a fascinating tale of exploration, adaptation, and survival.
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"At which time came to us many boats and we suffered them to come aboard, being not able to resist them, which people did us no harm, neither of us understanding the one the other."

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"Now being in such grace and favor by reason I learned him some points of geometry and understanding of the art of mathematics with other things, I pleased him so that what I said he would not contrary."

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"So in process of four or five years the emperor called me, as divers times he had done before."

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"From the ship all things were taken out, so that the clothes which I took with me on my back I only had."

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"So I departed and was free from imprisonment."

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"So that between the Cape of St. Maria and Japan we were four months and twenty-two days; at which time there were no more than six besides myself that could stand upon his feet."

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"Not only I lost what I had in the ship, but from the captain and the company generally what was good or worth the taking was carried away; all which was done unknown to the emperor."

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"If our countries had war the one with the other, that was no cause that he should put us to death; with which they were out of heart that their cruel pretense failed them. For which God be forever-more praised."

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