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Created page with "*''Born: 1827'' *''Died: 1898'' *''Other Names: John Mung, Nakahama Manjirô'' *''Japanese'': ジョン万次郎 ''(Jon Manjirou)'' John Manjirô is among the most fa..."
*''Born: [[1827]]''
*''Died: [[1898]]''
*''Other Names: John Mung, Nakahama Manjirô''
*''Japanese'': ジョン万次郎 ''(Jon Manjirou)''
John Manjirô is among the most famous of 19th century Japanese castaways, and one of the first Japanese to ever travel to the United States.
While out at sea as a fisherman, one day in [[1841]] the fisherman Nakahama Manjirô's ship was dashed up on some rocks. Stranded, he survived there in a cave for some time, eating mainly fish, until he was found and rescued by an American ship. They brought him back with them to Massachusetts, where he learned English, Western techniques of navigation, whaling, and coopering (the making of barrels), before returning to Japan in [[1851]]. He would later serve as an interpreter during the shogunate's encounters with [[Commodore Perry]].
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==References==
*Matt Matsuda, ''Pacific Worlds'', Cambridge University Press (2012), 234.
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*''Died: [[1898]]''
*''Other Names: John Mung, Nakahama Manjirô''
*''Japanese'': ジョン万次郎 ''(Jon Manjirou)''
John Manjirô is among the most famous of 19th century Japanese castaways, and one of the first Japanese to ever travel to the United States.
While out at sea as a fisherman, one day in [[1841]] the fisherman Nakahama Manjirô's ship was dashed up on some rocks. Stranded, he survived there in a cave for some time, eating mainly fish, until he was found and rescued by an American ship. They brought him back with them to Massachusetts, where he learned English, Western techniques of navigation, whaling, and coopering (the making of barrels), before returning to Japan in [[1851]]. He would later serve as an interpreter during the shogunate's encounters with [[Commodore Perry]].
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==References==
*Matt Matsuda, ''Pacific Worlds'', Cambridge University Press (2012), 234.
[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Other Historical Figures]]