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Calvin Coolidge
Who Was Manjiro, the Shipwrecked Teenager Who Helped End Japan’s Isolationist Era? | History
Francine Uenuma History Correspondent When 14-year-old Manjiro set off on a fishing excursion on January 5, 1841, he and his four companions packed only light provisions—rice, fresh water and firewood—in their small boat, expecting to return home to southern Japan in a few days. Manjiro’s widowed mother, Shiho, relied on him to help support the …
