My own Wikipedia roaming uncovered the story of Otokichi, a Japanese sailor on a cargo ship to Edo that got (very!) lost in a storm and ended up on the coast of

My own Wikipedia roaming uncovered the story of Otokichi, a Japanese sailor on a cargo ship to Edo that got (very!) lost in a storm and ended up on the coast of Washington state. And that was only the beginning of his adventures! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otokichi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otokichi (through the Cape Blanco link in another comment).