Goto Islands

Region: Japan · Coordinates: 32.684, 128.807 · 2 events

Events

YearSourceAccount
AD 1666Hamel's JournalOn 8 September they anchor in a bay of a Japanese island (Goto) and are overtaken by an armed Japanese boat. When they raise the Dutch prince's flag and shout "Hollando Nangasakij", the Japanese signal them to lower the sail and they follow. They are moored in front of a village and guarded. A man of Goto says he will take them to Nagasaki.
AD 1666Hamel's JournalFrom 9 to 11 September they stay at anchor and receive food, water and firewood, and on the 12th, after receiving supplies for the voyage to Nagasaki, they weigh anchor by day and in the evening anchor in front of a village on the inner side of the island.

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