The sixteen men who set sail from Ishinomaki, Japan on November 27th 1793 were far from worldly men. Since 1639 Japan had forbidden its citizens from traveling abroad and the furthest that the crew of the Wakamiya Maru intended to go on this voyage was Edo. There was nothing to tell them as they departed that four of were going to be the first people from Japan to ever circumnavigate the world. 

Ship Name: Wakamiya Maru 

Ship Nationality: Japanese 

Ship Type: Small Wooden Coastal Trading Vessel

Year Wrecked: 1794

Location Wrecked: Aleutian Islands 

Reason For Wreck: Had Lost Rudder in Storm 

Lives Lost: None in Wreck

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The Cursed Voyage of the Neva: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/Mw3d3Lhkuzb