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De-shima

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
De-shima or De-jima , artificial island, c.40 acres (16 hectares), Nagasaki prefecture, W Kyushu, Japan, in Nagasaki harbor. It has many docks and is connected by bridge to the city of Nagasaki. Dutch traders were restricted (1641-1858) to this island after Japan closed (17th cent.) its borders to foreign trade. Author not available, DE-SHIMA. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more
De-jima
island, Japan: see De-shima . Read more
Nagasaki
...the Portuguese and Spanish merchants were forced to leave Japan in 1637, the Dutch traders were restricted (1641-1858) to De-shima, an island in the harbor. Nagasaki was gradually reopened to general foreign trade during the 1850s. Long a center of Christianity... Read more

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