Hasekura Tsunenaga - Timeline and Itinerary

Timeline and Itinerary

  • Japan (1613)
    • April 1613: Date Masamune receives permission from the Tokugawa Shogunate for the expedition and the building of a ship.
    • 28 October 1613: Departure from Tsukinoura Bay.
  • Americas (1613–1614)
    • November 1613: Sighting of Cape Mendocino
    • January 1614: Stop in Zacatula
    • 25 January 1614: Arrival in Acapulco, New Spain
    • 24 March 1614: Arrival in Mexico City
    • Puebla
    • Veracruz
    • 10 June 1614: Boarding of a Spanish frigate at San Juan de Ulúa
    • Havana
  • Spain (1614–1615)
    • 5 October 1614: Arrival at Sanlúcar de Barrameda in Spain
    • Coria del Rio
    • 21 October 1614: Arrival in Seville
    • Córdoba
    • Toledo
    • Getafe
    • 20 December 1614: Arrival in Madrid
    • 30 January 1615: Meeting with King Philip III of Spain
    • 17 February 1615: Baptism of Hasekura Tsunenaga
    • Alcalá de Henares
    • Daroca
    • Zaragoza
    • Fraga
    • Lerida
    • Igualada
    • Barcelona
  • France (1615)
    • September 1615: Saint-Tropez
  • Italy (1615–1616)
    • Savona
    • Genoa
    • 18 October 1615: Arrival in Civitavecchia.
    • 29 October 1615: Ceremony commemorating the mission's arrival in Rome.
    • 3 November 1615: Meeting with Pope Paul V.
    • 23 November 1615: Reception of certificates of Honorary Citizenship by Hasekura Tsunenaga and four other Japanese members of the mission.
    • Naples
    • Rome
    • Firenze
    • Venice
    • Firenze
    • Livorno, by ship to Genoa
    • Genoa
  • Spain (1616)
    • Barcelona
    • Igualada
    • Lerida
    • Fraga
    • Zaragoza
    • Daroca
    • Alcalá de Henares
    • 17 April 1616: Return to Madrid.
    • Getafe
    • Toledo
    • Córdoba
    • Seville
    • Coria del Rio
    • June 1616: Departure from Spain, at Sanlúcar de Barrameda.
  • Americas (1616–1618)
    • Havana
    • San Juan de Ulúa
    • Veracruz
    • Puebla
    • Mexico City
    • Departure from Acapulco, New Spain
  • Philippines (1618–1620)
    • 20 June 1618: Arrival in Manila, Philippines.
  • Japan (1620)
    • 22 September 1620: Arrival in Nagasaki, Japan
    • 7 August 1622: Hasekura dies from illness

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