Complex sentence: In 1858 he made the ceremonial visit to Edo as representative of the Dutch king William III of the Netherlands to pay tribute to the Shogun Tokugawa Iesada.a here he found that the America Consul Townsend Harris had concluded a treaty with Japan.
Split into simpler sentences: In 1858 he made the ceremonial visit to Edo as representative of the Dutch king William III of the Netherlands to pay tribute to the Shogun Tokugawa Iesada. In Edo he found that the American Consul Townsend Harris had concluded a treaty with Japan.