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Portugese Traders Land in Japan

Portugese Traders Land in Japan
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Portugese Traders Land in Japan

The first European visitors arrive in Japan aboard a shipwrecked Chinese ship. The Portuguese travelers have muskets, which they sold to the Japanese, who soon duplicate them.

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