Doctor Jan Taler was a man who made a trading voyage to Japan on the Osprey as the surgeon's mate. In 1658, the ship was caught in a storm and blown off course where it was wrecked on the rocks of Kangetsujima, an island in the Inland Sea. Taler managed to dive clear and make his way ashore before he passed out. When he awoke, he found himself being tended to by Buddhist monks, who nursed him back to health.