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1) The Japan Expedition, 1852-1854: the personal journal of Commodore Matthew C. Perry

Author

Perry, Matthew Calbraith

Series

Smithsonian Institution Publication 4743

Publisher

Smithsonian Institution Press

Pub. Date

1968.

Language

English

2) Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China seas and Japan: performed in the years 1852, 1853, and 1854, under the command of Commodore M.C. Perry

Author

Perry, Matthew Calbraith

Publisher

D. Appleton and Company

Pub. Date

1856.

Language

English

3) The Americans in Japan: an abridgment of the government narrative of the U.S. expedition to Japan, under Commodore Perry

Author

Perry, Matthew Calbraith

Publisher

D. Appleton & Co

Pub. Date

1860.

Language

English

4) Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China seas and Japan: performed in the years 1852, 1853, and 1854, under the command of Commodore M.C. Perry, United States Navy

Author

Hawks, Francis L

Publisher

D. Appleton and Company

Pub. Date

1856

Language

English

5) Daniel Berkeley Updike Autograph Collection: 1639-1940

Author

Updike, Daniel Berkeley

Pub. Date

1639

Language

English

Description

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The collection consists of miscellaneous items collected by Daniel Berkeley Updike, chiefly letters and documents relating to American history, many of which specifically relate to the federal period and New England history. Included are autograph letters of many notable individuals and political and military figures. The collection is organized alphabetically by correspondent. A card catalog index is also available in the Special Collections Reading...

6) The bamboo sword

Author

Preus, Margi

Series

Samurai

Pub. Date

2015.

Language

English

Formats

Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

Description

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In Japan in 1853, at the time of U.S. Commodore Matthew Perry's visit to Japan, Yoshi, a young Japanese boy who dreams of becoming a samurai one day, learns about America from Majiro and has adventures with Jack, a young cabin boy aboard one of the U.S. ships. Includes historical notes and glossary.

In world history

Publisher

Enslow Publishers, Inc

Pub. Date

2000.

Language

English

14) Breaking open Japan: Commodore Perry, Lord Abe, and American imperialism in 1853

Author

Feifer, George

Publisher

Smithsonian Books/Collins

Pub. Date

2006.

Language

English

15) Matthew Calbraith Perry: antebellum sailor and diplomat

Author

Schroeder, John H

Series

Library of naval biography

Publisher

Naval Institute Press

Pub. Date

[2001]

Language

English

16) Yankees in the land of gods: Commodore Perry and the opening of Japan

Author

Wiley, Peter Booth

Publisher

N.Y. Viking

Pub. Date

1990.

Language

English

17) "Old Bruin": Commodore Matthew C. Perry, 1794-1858: the American naval officer who helped found Liberia ... and conducted the naval expedition which opened Japan

Author

Morison, Samuel Eliot

Publisher

Little, Brown

Pub. Date

[1967]

Language

English

18) Commodore Perry in the land of the Shogun

Author

Blumberg, Rhoda

Series

Newbery Medal Honor

Publisher

Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books

Pub. Date

[1985]

Language

English

Description

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Details Commodore Matthew Perry's role in opening Japan's closed society to world trade in the 1850s, one of history's most significant diplomatic achievements.

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1) The Japan Expedition, 1852-1854: the personal journal of Commodore Matthew C. Perry

2) Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China seas and Japan: performed in the years 1852, 1853, and 1854, under the command of Commodore M.C. Perry

3) The Americans in Japan: an abridgment of the government narrative of the U.S. expedition to Japan, under Commodore Perry

4) Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China seas and Japan: performed in the years 1852, 1853, and 1854, under the command of Commodore M.C. Perry, United States Navy

5) Daniel Berkeley Updike Autograph Collection: 1639-1940

6) The bamboo sword

7) Black ships off Japan: the story of Commodore Perry's expedition

8) The indestructible Commodore Matthew Perry

9) Matthew Calbraith Perry: a typical American naval officer

10) Centennial commemorating the opening of Japan in 1853 by Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry (USN)

11) The great commodore: the exploits of Matthew Calbraith Perry

12) "Old Bruin": Commodore Matthew C. Perry, 1794-1858: the American naval officer who helped found Liberia

13) Commodore Perry opens Japan to trade in world history

14) Breaking open Japan: Commodore Perry, Lord Abe, and American imperialism in 1853

15) Matthew Calbraith Perry: antebellum sailor and diplomat

16) Yankees in the land of gods: Commodore Perry and the opening of Japan

17) "Old Bruin": Commodore Matthew C. Perry, 1794-1858: the American naval officer who helped found Liberia ... and conducted the naval expedition which opened Japan

18) Commodore Perry in the land of the Shogun