History Profiles's video: The English Samurai William Adams

William Adams, also known as Miura Anjin in Japan, was an English sailor who became one of the first Western samurai in Japanese history. His life story is one tragedy, remarkable transformation and cultural exchange. William lived during the Elizabethan era also known as the golden age, which represented the English renaissance. It was an age of exploration and expansion abroad. Economically, the country would begin to flourish and benefit greatly from the new era or trans-Atlantic trade. Francis Drake's famous raiding expedition would contribute to this in a voyage where he became the first englishman to circumnavigate the globe, plundering six coastal towns and taking 13 ships raising enormous amounts of money for the nations' coffers. This era was marked by sailors wishing to make their wealth by crossing the depths of the ocean. William Adams was one of those men, this is his story. 00:00 William Adams 01:00 Early Life 02:02 Life as a Privateer 04:25 Arrival in Japan 08:29 The Birth of a Samurai Music: "Into The Hellstorm". Artist: Azaki Music. Download: drive.google.com/file/d/1pzicK0T_LixlA3e1CEKgIwOpKRYeprTh/view Please credit the artist when using. Get more amazing songs by Azaki Music here: / @azakimusic9801 Song: Savfk - Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXOeF... "Savfk - The Travelling Symphony" is under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0) All credit for the music goes to: No Copyright Music Track: Under the moonlight (Matouqin) NCM version Music provided by Youtube Free Music Library (NCM) Watch: • No Copyright Music,Chinese musical in...