EPISODE · May 9, 2026 · 37 MIN
First Englishman Describes Adventures in Shogunate Japan
from History's Living Voices: The Past, Told by Those Who Lived It · host HLV
Sign up for a 14-day free trial and enjoy all the amazing features MyHeritage has to offer: https://bit.ly/VoicesofthePast3 ------------ Extracts taken from: The original letters of the English pilot, William Adams, written from Japan between A.D. 1611 and 1617: reprinted from the papers of the Hakluyt Society. The voyage of Captain John Saris to Japan, 1613 / Edited from contemporary records by Sir Ernest M. Satow The obituary of William Adams by Richard Cocks Edited, Image Researched and Animated by Manuel Rubio @ArtandContext Diaries Edited and Narrated by David Kelly Music from Epidemic Sound and Artlist Thumbnail Art by Ettore Mazza https://www.instagram.com/ettore.mazza/?hl=en Sound Editing by Jack White Images of Coria del Rio by CarlosVdeHabsburgo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Sign up for a 14-day free trial and enjoy all the amazing features MyHeritage has to offer: https://bit.ly/VoicesofthePast3 ------------ Extracts taken from: The original letters of the English pilot, William Adams, written from Japan between A.D. 1611 and 1617: reprinted from the papers of the Hakluyt Society. The voyage of Captain John Saris to Japan, 1613 / Edited from contemporary records by Sir Ernest M. Satow The obituary of William Adams by Richard Cocks Edited, Image Researched and Animated by Manuel Rubio @ArtandContext Diaries Edited and Narrated by David Kelly Music from Epidemic Sound and Artlist Thumbnail Art by Ettore Mazza https://www.instagram.com/ettore.mazza/?hl=en Sound Editing by Jack White Images of Coria del Rio by CarlosVdeHabsburgo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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