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          Biography.

        1. William Adams, better known in Japan as Miura Anjin, was an English navigator who, in , became the first Englishman to reach Japan.
        2. William Adams better known in Japan as Miura Anjin was an English navigator who, in , became the first Englishman to reach Japan.
        3. Like generations of his family before him, he lives on Miura Peninsula, on land that was part of William Adams' (Shogun–granted) domain.
        4. The Shelf2Life Literature and Fiction Collection is a unique set of short stories, poems and novels from the late 19th to early 20th centuries.

          5. William Adams better known in Japan as Miura Anjin was an English navigator who, in , became the first Englishman to reach Japan.!

          William Adams (samurai)

          English navigator who travelled to Japan (1564–1620)

          For other uses, see William Adams (disambiguation).

          William Adams

          William Adams before Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu

          Born(1564-09-24)24 September 1564

          Gillingham, Kent, Kingdom of England

          Died16 May 1620(1620-05-16) (aged 55)

          Hirado, Nagasaki Prefecture, Edo shogunate

          Resting placeWilliam Adams Memorial Park, Sakigata Hill, Hirado, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan
          NationalityEnglish
          Other namesMiura Anjin (三浦按針)
          CitizenshipJapanese
          OccupationNavigator
          Known for
          • First Englishman to travel to Japan
          • Amongst the first known Western Hatamoto
          • One of the first Englishmen to travel to Thailand
            Third Englishman to travel to Vietnam
          Term1600–1620
          SuccessorJoseph Adams
          Spouses

          Mary Hyn

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          (m. 1589)​

          Oyuki

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          (m. 1613)​
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          ChildrenJohn Adams (so