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'''William Adams''' (''c.'' 1564-1620) was an [[England|English]] navigator. He was born in Gillingham, [[Kent]] and became the first Englishman to visit [[Japan]]. He found favour with the [[Shogun]] Ieyasu and helped establish an English/Dutch trading settlement there. | '''William Adams''' (''c.'' 1564-1620) was an [[England|English]] navigator. He was born in Gillingham, [[Kent]] and became the first Englishman to visit [[Japan]]. He found favour with the [[Shogun]] Ieyasu and helped establish an English/Dutch trading settlement there. | ||
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William Adams (c. 1564-1620) was an English navigator. He was born in Gillingham, Kent and became the first Englishman to visit Japan. He found favour with the Shogun Ieyasu and helped establish an English/Dutch trading settlement there.
James Clavell's novel Shogun is loosely based upon his life.