Editing 1542 (section)

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* The first contact of [[Japan]] with the West occurs when a [[Portuguese Empire|Portuguese]] ship, blown off its course to China, lands Antonio Pexoto, Francisco Zeimoto and [[António Mota]] in Japan, according to [[António Galvão]].<ref name="ppt">{{cite book |last1=Lidin |first1=Olof G. |title=Tanegashima: The Arrival of Europe in Japan |date=2002 |publisher=Nias Press |pages=8, 24–27 |url=https://archive.org/details/tanegashima-europe/page/18/mode/2up?q=1542 |access-date=18 September 2023}}</ref> According to the Japanese books ''Tanegashima Kafu'' and ''Teppoki'', it is stated they landed in 1543.<ref name="ppt" />
* [[Bartolomé de las Casas]] completes ''[[A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies]]'', which will be published in [[1552]].<ref name="WDL">{{cite web |url = http://www.wdl.org/en/item/515/ |title = Mirror of the Cruel and Horrible Spanish Tyranny Perpetrated in the Netherlands, by the Tyrant, the Duke of Alba, and Other Commanders of King Philip II |website = [[World Digital Library]] |date = 1620 |access-date = 2013-08-25 }}</ref></onlyinclude>