It was about the first of April 1845 when Captain Cooper passed by the neighborhood of St. Peters (a small island lying a few degrees to the S. E of Japan)to the northern ocean for whaling. When Captain Cooper was exploring the shore to hunt turtles, he met eleven Japanese sailors on the coast who had been shipwrecked on St. Peters many months ago.
In April 1845, Captain Cooper embarked on a journey from the vicinity of St. Peters (a small island southeast of Japan) into the northern ocean in search of whales. While exploring the shore to hunt turtles, he encountered eleven Japanese sailors who had been stranded on the island for many months.