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.
It was April 1, 1845, when Captain Cooper ventured into the northern ocean from the neighborhood of St. Peters (a small island southeast of Japan) in search of whales. During his excursion to hunt turtles along the shore, he encountered eleven Japanese sailors who had been stranded on the island for an extended period.