San Juan Bautista (Japanese-built galleon that crossed the Pacific)
San Juan Bautista (galeón construido en Japón que cruzó el Pacífico)
- Date
- 1613-1614 · confidence high
- Place
- Ishinomaki, Miyagi, Japan
- Credited to
- Date Masamune, Japanese carpenters and European advisers (Sebastián Vizcaíno); Hasekura Tsunenaga
- Field
- Movement
What it is
A galleon of about 500 tons built in 45 days in Japan with European help, which took Hasekura Tsunenaga's embassy to Acapulco in 1614. It was one of the first large European-style ships built in Japan.
Details of European help (especially Vizcaíno's) and the exact tonnage vary by source.
What it led to
- a Pacific crossing by a Japan-built ship
- Hasekura's embassy to New Spain, Spain and Rome
- European-style shipbuilding in Japan before seclusion (sakoku)