Renaissance · Europe · Exploration

1615

Hasekura Tsunenaga Reaches Spain

1615

A samurai envoy named Hasekura Tsunenaga, dispatched by the lord of Sendai, arrived in Seville after crossing the Pacific and traversing New Spain. He was baptized, met the Pope, and sought a trade alliance. Japan's last diplomatic mission to Europe before two centuries of seclusion received polite applause and no commitments.

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Before and after in Europe

Before: 1614: Addled Parliament Dissolved
After: February 1616: Catholic Church Condemns Copernicanism

Before and after in Exploration

Before: 1610: Hudson's Bay Company Prefigured
After: 1617: Raleigh's Last Voyage to Guiana

Era

Renaissance (1501–1650), one of 715 events from that era on Saeculum.

Sources

Wikipedia: Hasekura Tsunenaga