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1789148642 pdf A gripping biography of the English ship pilot who would become one of the most influential Westerners in feudal Japan. In 1600, English helmsman William Adams washed ashore in Japan and was interrogated by Tokugawa Ieyasu, Japans most powerful warlord and soon-to-be shogun. Far from executing Adams as a pirate, Ieyasu made him one of his most trusted advisers. This biography traces Adamss rise from a humble pilot to a position of immense influence in Japans foreign relations. It unravels the subsequent diplomatic maneuvers of the Western powers in the Shoguns empire and Adamss eventual downfall. The first full biography of Adams based on original Dutch, English, Spanish, Portuguese, and Japanese sources, Read more