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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.

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Author

William Speiden; John Amadeus Wolter; David A Ranzan; John J McDonough

Publisher

Naval Institute Press

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9781612513379

Category

history

Subjects

Travel, History, Biography

Rating

4 / 5 (6 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14