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William Adams

1564 - 1620

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William Adams (24 September 1564 – 16 May 1620), known in Japanese as Miura Anjin (Japanese: 三浦按針, "the pilot of Miura"), was an English navigator who, in 1600, was the first Englishman to reach Japan leading a five-ship expedition for a private Dutch fleet. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Adams has received more than 58,504 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. William Adams is the 52nd most popular explorer (up from 56th in 2019), the 443rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 460th in 2019) and the 7th most popular British Explorer.

William Adams, also known as Miura Anjin, was a navigator and explorer who helped the Tokugawa shogunate establish trade with the Western world. He is most famous for his role in the opening of Japan to the Western world.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, William Adams ranks 52 out of 405. Before him are Robert Falcon Scott, Henry Hudson, Sven Hedin, Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse, Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, and Diego de Almagro. After him are Ernest Shackleton, John Smith, Hernando de Soto, William Baffin, Samuel de Champlain, and Hanno the Navigator.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1564, William Adams ranks 5. Before him are Galileo Galilei, William Shakespeare, Pieter Brueghel the Younger, and Christopher Marlowe. After him are Paulo Miki, David Fabricius, Hans Leo Hassler, Ahmad Sirhindi, Francisco Pacheco, Joos de Momper, and Henry Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. Among people deceased in 1620, William Adams ranks 4. Before him are Simon Stevin, Wanli Emperor, and Mahfiruz Hatun. After him are Taichang Emperor, Stanisław Żółkiewski, Louise de Coligny, Archduchess Eleanor of Austria, and Thomas Campion.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Adams ranks 443 out of 6,924. Before him are Thomas Hardy (1840), Edgar the Peaceful (943), Erasmus Darwin (1731), Frederick Gowland Hopkins (1861), Sid Vicious (1957), and Oliver Sacks (1933). After him are David Beckham (1975), Gary Moore (1952), Edward the Martyr (962), Charlie Watts (1941), Henry Every (1659), and Robert Brown (1773).

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Among EXPLORERS In United Kingdom

Among explorers born in United Kingdom, William Adams ranks 7. Before him are James Cook (1728), Francis Drake (1540), David Livingstone (1813), Henry Morton Stanley (1841), Robert Falcon Scott (1868), and Henry Hudson (1570). After him are John Smith (1580), William Baffin (1584), Richard Francis Burton (1821), James Clark Ross (1800), William Dampier (1651), and John Davis (1550).

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