The Namban Trade
The Namban Trade

Author: Mihoko Oka

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2021-07-05

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 9004463879

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Winner of the prize "Fundação Oriente – Embaixador João de Deus Ramos" of the Academia de Marinha 2021 This book attempts to depict certain aspects of the Portuguese trade in East Asia in the 16th and 17th centuries by analyzing the activities of the merchants and Christian missionaries involved. It also discusses the response of the Japanese regime in handling the systemic changes that took place in the Asian seas. Consequently, it explains how Jesuit missionaries forged close ties with local merchants from the start of their activities in East Asian waters, and there is no doubt that the propagation of Christianity in Japan was a result of their cooperation. The author of this book attempted to combine the essence of previous studies by Japanese and western scholars and added several new findings from analyses of original Japanese and European language documents.

The Slave Ship Wanderer
The Slave Ship Wanderer

Author: Tom Henderson Wells

Publisher: University of Georgia Press

Published: 2009-07-01

Total Pages: 120

ISBN-13: 082033457X

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Published in 1967, The Slave Ship Wanderer details the journey of the elegant yacht that was used to secretly land a cargo of 400 enslaved Africans off the coast of Jekyll Island, Georgia, in 1859. It was the last successful large-scale importation of slaves into the United States, and it was done in defiance of a federal law. The Wanderer's crew had out-run ships of both the British and American Navies and the creators of the plot went on to evade federal marshals as they attempted to sell the slaves throughout the South. Tom Henderson Wells documents the story behind the prominent Georgian, Charles Lamar, who engineered the plot. He also explores the regional and national attention the story received and the failure to prosecute those involved. In tracing the story of the Wanderer, Wells provides insight into the heated political and social climate of the South on the verge of secession.

The Wanderer
The Wanderer

Author: Erik Calonius

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2008-02-05

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13: 9780312343484

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On Nov. 28, 1858, a ship called the Wanderer slipped silently into a coastal channel and unloaded a cargo of over 400 African slaves onto Jekyll Island, Georgia, fifty years after the African slave trade had been made illegal. It was the last ship ever to bring a cargo of African slaves to American soil. The Wanderer began life as a luxury racing yacht, but within a year was secretly converted into a slave ship, and--using the pennant of the New York Yacht Club as a diversion--sailed off to Africa. More than a slaving venture, her journey defied the federal government and hurried the nation's descent into civil war. The New York Times first reported the story as a hoax; as groups of Africans began to appear in the small towns surrounding Savannah, however, the story of the Wanderer began to leak out, igniting a fire of protest and debate that made headlines throughout the nation and across the Atlantic. As the story shifts from New York City to Charleston, to the Congo River, Jekyll Island and finally Savannah, the Wanderer's tale is played out in the slave markets of Africa, the offices of the New York Times, heated Southern courtrooms, The White House, and some of the most charming homes Southern royalty had to offer. In a gripping account of the high seas and the high life in New York and Savannah, Erik Calonius brings to light one of the most important and little remembered stories of the Civil War period.

Tales of a Wanderer
Tales of a Wanderer

Author: Stefan Azimioara

Publisher: Dorrance Publishing

Published: 2022-08-17

Total Pages: 170

ISBN-13: 1685370705

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Tales of a Wanderer: A Journey’s Start By: Stefan Azimioara A small mountain town is ravaged and burned, leaving only a young girl, Revina, as the sole survivor. When she finds herself rescued by a cantankerous stranger, she'll enter a world of magic and mystery, and go much further from home than she'd ever dreamed. Tales of a Wanderer tells the story of an exiled court magician, whose travels lead him to friends, mentors, and foes alike. Follow him into the world of grandmasters, fanatics of their craft, who hone their talents with the weapons they chose. And see how his travels eventually lead him right back to where he started.

A Wanderer's Dream
A Wanderer's Dream

Author: Cherime MacFarlane

Publisher: Paper Gold Publishing

Published: 2019-12-16

Total Pages: 348

ISBN-13:

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She is a prisoner here, but still in the north, far from the fat trader her father would have bargained her away to. Since she manipulated Aed into bringing her along, she cannot complain. Things are not as bad as they could be for Grainne until Ualan takes steps to keep her from his father. Insisting she become the Roman’s woman, Ualan forces them together against all advice. Roman by citizenship, Berber by birth, smith by choice, Aghilas has exchanged one master for another. Ualan gave him no choice. Die or submit, he became Ualan’s man. Forced to take Grainne as his woman, Aghilas is angry and frustrated. The Picts of Corda are an ever-present threat. Torcuil, chief of the mixed band of Scotti and Pict fears all-out war. While he spirits away more settlers from Eire, Ualan is in charge of Eilan Water. The chief of the small band hopes more warriors will equate with victory. Two smiths should help increase the weapons of war for they will need them.