William Adams (1564-1620) was the first Englishman to reach Japan, arriving on a Dutch ship at Bungo (a principality containing present day Usuki City) in May 1600. After a summons by the Emperor at Osaka, imprisonment and interrogation, he was…
Margin below image ink in Dr Hockenís hand: Henry Samuel Chapman (of the Inner Temple.); on mount: T.M. Hocken; label in ink in Dr Hockenís hand: Edited the New Zealand Journal until appointed in 1843 to judge of the Supreme Court at Wellington.…