With Commodore Perry to Japan: The Journal of William Speiden, Jr., 1852-1855

by Wolter, John A.
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ISBN: 9781612512389
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With Commodore Perry to Japan offers a personal account of Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry's expedition to Japan through the eyes of a sixteen-year-old purser's clerk of the USS Mississippi. The documentary edition, endorsed by the National Historic Publications & Records Commission, provides excellent coverage of both the political mission of the Perry expedition, the opening of relations with Japan, and of the social history of a naval warship as well. Also included are fifty-five illustrations ranging from hand drawn, pen-and-ink scenes of everyday life sketched by Speiden and other members of the crew to exquisitely detailed pith paintings by Chinese artists.
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Author: Wolter, John A.
  • ISBN: 9781612512389
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 8.90 x 1.00
  • Number Of Pages: 320
  • Publication Year: 2013

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