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In 1613 Father Pedro Velasco's dream came true. He set sail with a small group of Japanese Samurai for Mexico, Spain and Rome. Velasco knew Japanese, and his zealous hope was to become primate over a converted, Catholic Japan. His mission, with the Samurai, was to bargain for a Catholic crusade through Japan in exchange for Japanese trading rights with the West. It was a journey of incredible danger and hardship, underwritten solely by faith...
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Editions
5 editions · 2 languages- Other · English · 1997The samuraiNew Directions · 272 pages · 9780811213462
- Other · English · 1984The samuraiVintage Books · 272 pages · 9780394727264
- Other · English · 1983The SamuraiPenguin · 272 pages · 9780140065572
- Other · English · 1982The samuraiPeter Owen · 272 pages · 9780720605594
- Other · Greek · 1984Oi samoyraïEkdoseis Psychogios · 380 pages · 9789607020963
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