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[[Image:WilliamAdams.jpg|thumb|150px|Picture of William Adams]]'''William Adams''' (''c.'' 1564-1620) was an [[England|English]] navigator.  He was born in Gillingham, [[Kent]] and became the first Englishman to visit [[Japan]]<ref>[http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9003678/William-Adams Britannica Online: William Adams]</ref>

[[Image:WilliamAdams.jpg|thumb|150px|Picture of William Adams]]'''William Adams''' (''c.'' 1564-1620) was an [[England|English]] navigator.  He was born in Gillingham, [[Kent]] and became the first Englishman to visit [[Japan]]<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9003678/William-Adams Britannica Online: William Adams]</ref>

Adams was apprenticed in the merchant [[marine]] at the age of 12 where he learned shipbuilding, [[astronomy]], and [[navigation]]. At the age of 24 he joined the [[Royal Navy]] and served under [[Sir Francis Drake]] including action against the [[Spanish Armada]] as master of the Richarde Dyffylde, a resupply ship, in 1588.

Adams was apprenticed in the merchant [[marine]] at the age of 12 where he learned shipbuilding, [[astronomy]], and [[navigation]]. At the age of 24 he joined the [[Royal Navy]] and served under [[Sir Francis Drake]] including action against the [[Spanish Armada]] as master of the Richarde Dyffylde, a resupply ship, in 1588.