william hawkins commanded hector the first british trading ship to land at surat.
william hawkins commanded hector the first british trading ship to land at surat.
who commanded hector the first british trading ship to land at surat?
william hawkins
nor do we certainly know anything more of hawkyns himself, though he has been identified with the man of the same name who in 1607 commanded the east india company's ship "hector" on a voyage to surat with william keeling, and was charged with "his majestys letters and presents to the princes and governors of cambaya, on account of his experience and language". this william hawkyns, on arriving at surat, proceeded accordingly to agra and the court of the great mogul jahangir, which he reached in april 1609, and where he remained for nearly three years. according to the account given in his "journal" the emperor took much pleasure in his conversation, and detained him, assigning him a handsome maintenance, estimated at upwards of £3,000 a year, his serious occupation being to combat the intrigues of the portuguese and to endeavour to obtain a formal permission for the establishment of an english factory at surat. his favour with the emperor enabled him to overcome all difficulties, and the required license was given; it was the first distinct recognition of english commerce in the east. jahangir was desirous of attaching him to the country and to his interests, and pressed him to marry a maid out of the palace. such a wife could also ensure that his food was not poisoned since jahangir had already told the jesuits that if hawkins "dyed by an extraordinary casualtie, they should rue for it." hawkins consented to the match, conditionally on her not being a moor, and accordingly he took as his wife the daughter of an armenian christian. afterwards, having fallen into some disfavour with the emperor, he was allowed to depart, and in this the portuguese readily assisted him. he left agra in november 1611, and three months later arrived at surat, where he found sir henry middleton, with whom he went to the red sea, and afterwards to java. at bantam he went on board the "thomas", part of the fleet under the overall command of john saris, and in her sailed for england. she touched at the cape of good hope in april 1613, and on the passage home, probably near the end of it, hawkyns died. his remains were brought to ireland and buried there.
sir william hawkins
the earliest japanese contact with the marshall islands dates back to 1884, when a group of pearl divers were blown off course to lae atoll during their return voyage from australia. the pearl divers were believed to be murdered, after the "ada", a british trading ship sailed past the marshall islands and found the skeletal remains of the pearl divers. when news of the purported murder reached the japanese government, two japanese envoys–goto taketaro (a son of goto shojiro) and suzuki tsunenori were sent to the marshall islands. the envoys reportedly explored some of the nearby atolls before paying a visit to labon kabua, one of the principal chief in the marshall islands. before goto and suzuki returned for japan, they induced kabua to raise the japanese flag over his house at ailinglaplap. the japanese government subsequently ordered the two envoys to return to the island to haul down the flag upon the envoys' return. during the german colonial era, there were occasional reports of japanese fishermen making landfalls in the atoll, and there was at least one other incident which japanese fishermen were also killed by the islanders. a report published by a german explorer, hambruch in 1915 mentioned that three japanese fishermen in a junk were massacred by the marshallese at lae atoll in 1910.
japanese settlement in the marshall islands