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*''Born: [[1824]]''
*''Died: [[1894]]''
Ranald MacDonald was among the first Americans to enter Japan, and later served as an English teacher and interpreter.
The son of a Chinook (Native American) woman and an official of the Hudson Bay Company, MacDonald heard stories of Japanese castaways, and became intrigued to travel to Japan himself. He did so in [[1848]], having paid a whaler to set him off in a small boat just off the coast of [[Hokkaido]]. His boat capsized, and he was rescued by [[Ainu]] fishermen, who sent him to the samurai authorities of [[Matsumae han]], who in turn had him sent to [[Nagasaki]] to be dealt with by the authorities there.
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==References==
*Matt Matsuda, ''Pacific Worlds'', University of Cambridge Press (2012), 233-
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*''Died: [[1894]]''
Ranald MacDonald was among the first Americans to enter Japan, and later served as an English teacher and interpreter.
The son of a Chinook (Native American) woman and an official of the Hudson Bay Company, MacDonald heard stories of Japanese castaways, and became intrigued to travel to Japan himself. He did so in [[1848]], having paid a whaler to set him off in a small boat just off the coast of [[Hokkaido]]. His boat capsized, and he was rescued by [[Ainu]] fishermen, who sent him to the samurai authorities of [[Matsumae han]], who in turn had him sent to [[Nagasaki]] to be dealt with by the authorities there.
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==References==
*Matt Matsuda, ''Pacific Worlds'', University of Cambridge Press (2012), 233-
[[Category:Bakumatsu]]
[[Category:Foreigners]]
