Yankee Surveyors in the Shogun's Seas

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 fi...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: United States North Pacific Exploring Expedition
Other Authors: Cole, Allan B. (Allan Burnett), 1914-2012 (Editor), Rodgers, John, 1812-1882
Format: Electronic Conference Proceeding eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton Univ. Press, 1947.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Travel.
HISTORY > United States > General.
TRAVEL > Parks & Campgrounds.
TRAVEL > Museums, Tours, Points of Interest.
TRAVEL > Hikes & Walks.
TRAVEL > Budget.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Geography.
Pacific Ocean.
Japan.
Japon > Descriptions et voyages.
Pacifique, Ocean.
Japan > Description and travel.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Background of the Surveying Expedition
  • Letters of the Surveying Expedition to Japan and the North Pacific Ocean 1853-1856

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