Baghatur
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- Japanese: 抜都魯 (Batoru)
The Baghatur was a Western-style oared vessel gifted to the Tokugawa shogunate by Tokugawa Yoshiatsu, lord of Mito han, on 1853/8/14.[1]
The name of the ship derives from a Mongol term meaning roughly "hero" or "valiant warrior."
References
- ↑ Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 1 (1937), 464.
