![]() He turned out to be a disaster and set off to find the fabled Gold Islands. On Tanaka's return, the Tokugawa were told that the Spanish in Mexico had no authority to set up a trading station but sent SebastiĆ”n VizcaĆno to negotiate further. Meanwhile the Tokugawa cleared Edo of all Christian priests and destroyed all the churches, but allowed the daimyo to continue to allow Christianity in their provinces if they wished. Sotelo reverted to preaching in Edo and on hearing that Date Masamune's concubine was ill agreed to help and did in fact cure her. Date invited Sotelo to Sendai where he spent a year. ![]() The translator in these talks was a priest, Luis Sotelo, but de Vivero did not want him to go and chose another priest instead. de Vivero though this possible and agreed to take Tanaka Shosuke, a bullion dealer to Mexico to explore the idea. In talks with the Tokugawa it was suggested that Spanish ships could shelter in Japanese ports if the Spanish established a trading station near Edo. In 1609 a ship was washed ashore in Chiba carrying a former Governor of the Philippines, Rodrigo de Vivero. Whilst going north, they had to pass Japan and a few ships were wrecked on the Japanese coast. It all revolves around the fact that the Spanish were shipping silver from South America to SE Asia where they were buying silk and other luxuries from Chinese merchants who would only deal in that metal.This trade involved very large ships that crossed the Pacific to Asia easily but could only return by travelling northwards to reach the currents travelling towards America. Continued abuse of our services will cause your IP address to be blocked indefinitely.Henk-Jan, Further to my last post I have now discovered why the Tokugawa initiated the Keicho Mission to Spain. Please fill out the CAPTCHA below and then click the button to indicate that you agree to these terms. If you wish to be unblocked, you must agree that you will take immediate steps to rectify this issue. If you do not understand what is causing this behavior, please contact us here. If you promise to stop (by clicking the Agree button below), we'll unblock your connection for now, but we will immediately re-block it if we detect additional bad behavior.
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