History

Yankee Surveyors in the Shogun's Seas

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ISBN:
Published:
Dec 8, 2015
1947
Pages:
170
Size:
6 x 9.25 in.

When Commodore Perry opened Japan to the West, the U.S. Navy sent a surveying expedition to the North Pacific. The officers of that expedition, 1853-1856, recounted their experiences, and especially their dealings with the Japanese, in vivid and outspoken letters which are here reproduced for the first time. Entertaining reading, as well as important naval and diplomatic history.

Originally published in 1947.

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