Format:
xx, 287 Seiten
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Karten
ISBN:
1898823227
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9781898823223
Content:
The year is 1600. It is April and Japan's iconic cherry trees are in full flower. A battered ship drifts on the tide into Usuki Bay in southern Japan. On board, barely able to stand, are twenty-three Dutchmen and one Englishman, the remnants of a fleet of five ships and 500 men that had set out from Rotterdam in 1598. The Englishman was William Adams, later to be known as Anjin Miura by the Japanese, whose subsequent transformation from wretched prisoner to one of the Shogun's closest advisers is the centrepiece of this book
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 272-278) and index
,
The Lure of the East
,
A Punishing Passage
,
Life or Death
,
The Shogun Decides
,
The Battle of Sekigahara
,
The Shogun's Adviser
,
An Exceptional Honour
,
Samurai Life and Nuptials
,
The Battle for Naval Supremacy
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Trade with the Dutch
,
A Toehold for the Spanish
,
Betrayed
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A Welcome for the English
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An Agonizing Decision
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A Political Earthquake
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Private Disgrace and Company Debt
,
War and Death
,
Epilogue
Language:
English
Keywords:
Adams, William 1564-1620
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Hirado
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East India Company
;
Handelsniederlassung
;
Geschichte 1513-1523
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Geschichte 1613-1623
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Biografie
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