Japanese Castaway Gives First Description of USA (1852) // Incredible Story of John Manjiro

Extracts taken from "Drifting Toward the Southeast: The Story of Five Japanese Castaways : a Complete Translation of Hyoson Kiryaku (a Brief Account of Drifting Toward the Southeast) as Told to the Court of Lord Yamauchi of Tosa in 1852 by John Manjiro Translated by: Junya Nagakuni and Junji Kitadai (Spinner Publications, 2003) — Music courtesy of:- Epidemic Sound Artlist.io Thanks to Matthew Cartwright for his work on the images of the boat in the ocean, the men arriving on the island and Manjiro in the Gold Rush.

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