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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.
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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</ref> <ref>[http://www.medway.gov.uk/index/leisure/localhistory/timeline/17900/26373.htm Will Adams - Gillingham's famous blue-eyed Samurai]</ref>. He found favour with the [[Shogun]] Ieyasu and helped establish an English/Dutch trading settlement there. He was given the name Miura Anjin ("the pilot of Miura" in Japanese) and was buried in Hikado after his death in 1620 at the age of 55.
<ref>[http://www.medway.gov.uk/index/leisure/localhistory/timeline/17900/26373.htm Will Adams - Gillingham's famous blue-eyed Samurai]</ref>.
The character John Blackthorne in James Clavell's novel ''Shogun'', is loosely based upon his life.
[[Image:MiuraAnjinNoHaka.jpg|thumb|150px|left|William Adams' grave in Hikado]]
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