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Adams, William, 1564-1620

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http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78069227

Variants

Miura, Anjin, 1564-1620

Identifies LC/NAF RWO

http://id.loc.gov/rwo/agents/n78069227

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Explorers
Sailors

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Adams, William, 1564-1620
William Adams Label from public data source Wikidata

Sources

found: His Letters. 1850.

found: Samurai William, 2003:CIP p. 1 (William Adams)

found: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 20 December 2018(Adams, William (1564-1620); Adams, William (1564-1620), navigator, was born in Gillingham, Kent; was baptized on 24 September 1564; died in Hirado after a long illness on 16 May 1620)

found: Encyclopædia Britannica, 20 December 2018(William Adams, English navigator; William Adams, also called Anjin or Miura Anjin, (born 1564, Gillingham, Kent, England-died May 26, 1620, Hirado, Japan), navigator, merchant-adventurer, and the first Englishman to visit Japan)

found: Wikidata, 20 December 2018(William Adams, English navigator who traveled to Japan; Japanese family name: Miura; date of birth: 24 September 1564; place of birth: Gillingham; date of death: 16 May 1620; place of death: Hirado; explorer, sailor, navigator)

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1978-10-03: new
2018-12-21: revised

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