num_pages: 326
description: The complete biography of the American naval leader whose 1853 -- 4 expedition ended Japan's isolationism.
language: English
title: Matthew Calbraith Perry: Antebellum Sailor and Diplomat
titlecomplete: Matthew Calbraith Perry: Antebellum Sailor and Diplomat (Library of Naval Biography)
characters: Matthew C. Perry
ratings_count: 7
series: Library of Naval Biography
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: John Lyman Book Award
category: Biography and Autobiography, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Theodore And Franklin D. Roosevelt Prize In Naval History
publisher: Naval Institute Press