A storm in February 1600 separated the two remaining ships. Adams's letter describes searching near 30 degrees north for a Japanese cape whose actual position it places at 35.5 degrees north. The charts, globes and maps had directed the ship to the wrong latitude. The passage from Santa Maria took four months and twenty-two days. By arrival, only six men besides Adams could stand. Japanese boats came alongside, and their occupants did no harm despite the crew's inability to resist. The local ruler supplied a house ashore and provisions for the sick. Of the twenty-four men who arrived, three died soon afterward and three more after prolonged illness.
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The Pacific crossing and help on arrival in Japan
Storm separation and unreliable charts preceded an arrival with only a handful of men able to stand.