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portada Captive in Japan
Type
Physical Book
Author
Illustrated by
Publisher
Language
English
Pages
302
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
22.9x15.2x1.7 cm
Weight
0.44 kg.
ISBN13
9789492722256
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Captive in Japan

Vasily Golovnin (Author) · William De Lange (Illustrated by) · Toyo Press · Paperback

Captive in Japan - Golovnin, Vasily ; De Lange, William

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Synopsis "Captive in Japan "

Vasilii Golovnin (1776-1818) was already a celebrity when, in the spring of 1811, twenty years into his career in the Russian Imperial navy, he was commissioned to captain an expedition to map the Kuril Islands from the Strait of Hope to the island of Kunashir, just off the north-east coat of Hokkaido. Only two years earlier, having been seized at the Cape of Good Hope, he had outwitted the British and managed to escape with his ship the Diana.He was less lucky, when, having reached Kunashir, he took the fateful decision to land on shore to take in fresh provisions. What followed was an extraordinary adventure of capture, escape, recapture, and endless interrogations by the seemingly insatiably curious Japanese.The highly educated Golovnin now decided on a remarkably different approach and used his next two years in captivity to master the Japanese language and to learn all he could about the Japanese and their customs. The result is a mesmerizing account that is a testament to his and his men's bravery, as well as his respect for the Japanese and their culture.Golovnin's account of his adventures in Japan was an overnight bestseller among the Russian reading public. Even today, his account, unblemished by the prejudices of so many of the later Western visitors to feudal Japan, still makes for riveting reading.

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