[RightOnline]

"The haole. Anginsan. The Pilot. The English sea captain."

Ummmm.......if memory serves, that would be Dutch, not English.

[dogbyte12]

I have read the book several times. The pilot was english, the crew was dutch, because English pilots were considered top notch, with better schools. I think every other member of the crew were dutch though.

[Not A Snowbird]

Correct. John Blackthorne, Dutch pilot.

My absolute favorite miniseries...saw it for the first time when I was stationed in Japan.

[Spyder]

if memory serves, that would be Dutch, not English.

We're both right... From multiple websites describing the series: "17th-century English pilot commanding a Dutch ship"