LANGELANDS, JAMES [SSNE 7843]

Surname

LANGELANDS

First name

JAMES

Nationality

SCOT

Text source

James Langelands enlisted into the VOC in 1638 with his brother George aboard the ship Zeelandia. His claim to fame comes from being one of the first Scots ever to set foot in Japan as attested by his last known piece of correspondence. NA Klapper van Delden, Group L, Langelant (Jens), fol. 78; Douglas Catterall, Community without Borders: Scots Migrants and the Changing Face of Power in the Dutch Republic, c.1600-1700, (Leiden, 2002), p. 51.

Service record

THE DUTCH REPUBLIC, VOC EAST INDIES, JAPAN

Arrived 1638-01-01

Purpose NAVAL