Manjiro nakahama biography of barack

In Fairview, Massachusetts, Manjiro apprenticed with a blacksmith and briefly attended elementary school before enrolling in the prestigious Fairhaven Bartlett Academy where he studied English and navigation, among other subjects.

After Manjiro completed his education 1846, Whitfield aided in securing a position for his ward among the crew of the Franklin, a whaling vessel captained by Ira Davis, which was set to commence a 30-month voyage in the South Seas.

In 1847, the Franklin put to port in Honolulu, Hawaii, where Manjiro briefly caught up with his friends and former shipwrecked companions before continuing on his travels.

The three returned castaways were questioned by authorities and then held under house arrest in Okinawa for six months before being moved to Nagasaki for ten additional months of interrogation.

They were finally released in June 1852. While they were still unde