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Gerhardus Fabius was a Dutch naval captain who traveled to Japan several times captaining different ships. He first arrived in Japan in [[1854]] as captain of the warship ''[[Soembing]]'', which was later gifted to the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] and renamed the ''Kanko Maru''. Fabius then returned to Japan in [[1856]] as captain of the warship ''[[Medusa]]''.
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==References==
*Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 1 (1937), 631.
*Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 2 (1937), 212.
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