A speculative scenario imagines Ieyasu and Adams sending a dozen ships to recover the vessel seized by Spain. It is probably inaccurate as an account of an actual proposal. Clarke traces the idea to a friend he met in Japan, who said the theories had not been published. Japanese shipbuilding capacity supplies the basis for imagining such a Pacific expedition. Domestic consolidation of the Tokugawa government gave priority to events at home. A landing in Spanish America with samurai, muskets and cannon belongs to the imagined alternative.
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A speculative Japanese expedition to recover the seized ship
An unpublished scenario imagines a fleet crossing the Pacific in response to Spain's seizure of San Buena Ventura.