Show FIRST JAPANESE AN IN AMERICA ho he was a shipwrecked lad and was waa brought to this country in 1841 the first Japa neso who ever came to america as far as is known was manjiro a 14 year ear old lad who was waa picked up by tho the captain of om an Amer american icam bishing vessel in 1841 twelve years before the coming ot of commodore perry to japan with four companions had sailed out into tho the ocean on a fishing expedition their boat had been wrecked by a storm and they were finally washed ashore on a desert island in the northern northern pacific three months of dire privation were passed on the island before the little party was rescued by the american vessel his companions were left in 11 hawaii but Nak who became a great favorite of the captain was brought to the united states and sent to a new mew england school and when commodore perry ferry came to japan wd was able to act as interpreter in the negotiations carried on between the american envoys and the japanese feudal government authorities dr jokichi in the oriental review |