Manjiro nakahama biography of abraham lincoln

One of the foremost experts on the Civil War, Slavery, Reconstruction, and Abraham Lincoln, Foner's most recent book, The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and....

Manjiro was born in the tenth year of the Bunsei era (1827) in a lonely fishing village called Nakanohama, in the province of Tosa where the warm Black Current.

  • Manjiro was born in the tenth year of the Bunsei era (1827) in a lonely fishing village called Nakanohama, in the province of Tosa where the warm Black Current.
  • He also met Abraham Lincoln and became the only Japanese to ever shake hands He visited Europe with Nakahama.
  • One of the foremost experts on the Civil War, Slavery, Reconstruction, and Abraham Lincoln, Foner's most recent book, The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and.
  • The first Japanese who ever came to America, as far as is known, was Man jiro Nakahama, a fourteen year old lad, who was picked up by the captain of an.
  • After his American adventure, Manjiro returned to Japan where he raised a family and worked as a translator, interpreter, and teacher, as well as shipbuilder.

    • Nakahama Manjirō

    Japanese samurai and translator

    Nakahama Manjirō
    中濱 万次郎

    Nakahama "John" Manjirō

    Born(1827-01-27)January 27, 1827

    Nakanohama, Kochi, Tosa Province

    DiedNovember 12, 1898(1898-11-12) (aged 71)

    Tokyo, Japan

    NationalityJapanese
    Other namesJohn Mung

    In this Japanese name, the surname is Nakahama.

    Nakahama Manjirō (中濱 万次郎, January 27, 1827 – November 12, 1898), also known as John Manjirō (or John Mung),[1] was a Japanese samurai and translator who was one of the first Japanese people to visit the United States and an important translator during the opening of Japan.[2]

    He was a fisherman before his journey to the United States, where he studied English and navigation and became a sailor and gold miner.

    After returning to Japan, he was elevated to the status of a samurai and was made a hatamoto. He served his country as an interpreter and translator and was instrumental in negotiating the C