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First Japanese on the North American Continent

In October 1832, the Japanese cargo ship Hojun Maru set sa...

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First Japanese on the North American Continent

In October 1832, the Japanese cargo ship Hojun Maru set sail from near Nagoya bound for Edo (present day Tokyo). Disabled in a storm off Enshu Nada, the Hojun Maru drifted for fourteen months before running aground on the coast ...