Japan's Edo period and the European Renaissance were seperated by hundreds of years. But in spite of that, there was a cat in Edo Japan who fit the definition of "renaissance man": the scholar, inventor, and artist known as Hiraga Gennai.
Gennai discovers a strange box that 
was brought over from the Netherlands.
Gennai descubre una extraña caja
traída desde Holanda.
Gennai descobre uma caixa estranha
que fora trazida da Holanda.