The earliest historical relations between Mexico and Japan : $b From original documents preserved in Spain and Japan
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"The earliest historical relations between Mexico and Japan" by Zelia Nuttall is a historical study written in the early 20th century. Drawing on Spanish and Japanese archives, it reconstructs the first official contacts between New Spain and Tokugawa Japan, focusing on embassies, trade overtures, shipwrecks, and the diplomatic actors who shaped them. The work follows figures such as Tokugawa Ieyasu, Hidetada, William Adams, Don Rodrigo de Vivero, Sebastián Vizcaíno, and Friar Luis Sotelo, and it explains how hopeful exchanges gave way to Japan’s isolation. It will appeal to readers interested in early modern diplomacy, maritime trade, and cross-cultural encounters.
The opening of the study explains how newly uncovered Japanese documents, identified through the efforts of C. A. Lera and collaborators, clarify the true start of official Japan–Mexico relations and complement earlier Mexican and Spanish sources. It then narrates Ieyasu’s initial invitations to Manila’s authorities around
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