Have there been cultural exchanges between Japanese and First Nations on the Northwest Coast of America? An overview of factual and non-factual Japanese ship wrecks and the early connections between Manila, Phillipines and Spanish Mexico. RBCM Web publication 1994.

Japanese crew of shipwrecked fishing junk picked up in the Sea
of China and brought to the U.S. They are shown here in Victoria
on April 20, 1883, with Captain John Newby of the Barque Tiger. 

B.C. Archives Number B-08405.

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