William Adams
English navigator who travelled to Japan
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Updated 2026-05-29
English navigator who sailed into Japan in 1600 and somehow talked his way into samurai status. Adams spent the early 1600s as one of the few foreign power players in a closed-off island nation.
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William Adams, better known in Japan as Miura Anjin , was an English navigator who, in 1600, became the first Englishman to reach Japan. He was later granted samurai status, and was recognised as one of the most influential foreigners in Japan during the early 17th century.
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