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English: This is a fantasy drawing of William Adams from a British booklet called 'William Adams: The Pilot Major of Gillingham, the First Englishman who Discovered Japan' (Published by Gillingham: Mackays, 1934). According to the scholarly paper William Adams and Early Enterprise in Japan:

Some in England were embarrassed that no similar monument to Adams existed in his native land and after years of lobbying a memorial clock was erected in Gillingham in honour of a native son who, according to the booklet produced for the dedication ceremony in 1934, a time of Anglo-Japanese alienation, had “discovered” Japan. Like the inscription at the anjin-tsuka, the booklet is a product of fantasy and hyperbole, only much more so. […] The booklet also contains a drawing of Adams, pure invention as no contemporary image of him exists, depicting him standing on a ship's deck, chart in right hand, left hand resting on sword, gazing resolutely towards the unknown horizon.
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Source WilliamAdams.jpg, This image was copied from wikipedia:en. from Booklet: 'William Adams. The Pilot-Major of Gillingham, the first Englishman who discovered Japan. Published by Gillingham: Mackays, 1934.'
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This is a retouched picture, which means that it has been digitally altered from its original version. Modifications: changed to SVG image so that it doesnt look so bad when resized although some image details might have been lost. The original can be viewed here: WilliamAdams.jpg: . Modifications made by Nesnad.


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    • 2005-08-19T12:47:23Z Robbot 274x419 (19043 Bytes) This image was copied from wikipedia:en. The original description was: Woodblock print of [[William Adams]]. {{PD-art}} {| border="1" ! date/time || username || edit summary |---- | 00:03, 12 June 2005 || PHG || |---- | 1

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