Richard Cocks, English Merchant in Japan
The first English ship reached Japan in 1613. Michael Cooper describes how the Chief Factor of the East India Company recorded some reminiscences.
Michael Cooper
Rodrigo de Vivero: A Spaniard Shipwrecked in Japan
Shipwrecked in 1609, Spanish administrator Rodrigo de Vivero y Velasco became a guest of the shogun and wrote a detailed account of his 10 months in Japan.