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Commodore Perry and the opening of Japan : narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China seas and Japan, 1852-1854 : the official report of the expedition to Japan / compiled by Francis L. Hawks.

Title
Commodore Perry and the opening of Japan : narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China seas and Japan, 1852-1854 : the official report of the expedition to Japan / compiled by Francis L. Hawks.
Publication
Stroud : Nonsuch, 2005.

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Additional Authors
Hawks, Francis L. (Francis Lister), 1798-1866
Description
512 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 487-508) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
From planning to departure -- The Chesapeake to St Helena -- From St Helena, round the Cape to Mauritius -- Mauritius to Ceylon -- From Singapore to Hong Kong to Canton -- Canton, Macao and Shanghai -- Lew Chew -- Exploration -- First impressions -- The Bonin Islands -- The island of Lew Chew -- To Japan -- Letters and conversations -- Concessions -- Return to Hong Kong -- Rest and refitting -- Return to Lew Chew -- The preliminaries -- An audience -- The treaty is signed -- Yoku-hama to Simoda -- Simoda -- Hakodadi -- Settling the details -- Homeward bound.
ISBN
  • 1845880269 (pbk.)
  • 9781845880262 (pbk.)
OCLC
  • 57749648
  • SCSB-11701851
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library