Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China Seas and Japan
Subtitle: performed in the years 1852, 1853, and 1854, under the command of Commodore M.C. Perry, United States Navy, by order of the Government of the United States
By: compiled from the original notes and journals of Commodore Perry and his officers, at his request, and under his supervision, by Francis L. Hawks, D.D., L.L.D. ; with numerous illustrations
Contributors: Hawks, Francis L. (Francis Lister), 1798-1866, compiler; United States. Congress
Series: United States. 33d Cong., 2d sess. Senate. Ex. doc -- no. 79; United States congressional serial set -- 769-771; United States congressional serial set -- 802-804; Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Maps and Travel Literature; Senate executive document (United States. Congress. Senate) -- 33rd Congress, 2nd session, no. 79.; United States congressional serial set -- 769-771.; United States congressional serial set -- 802-804.; Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Maps and Travel Literature
Publisher: [publisher not identified]
Published: 1856
Place of publication: Place of publication not identified]
Language: eng
Subjects: Description and travel; Voyages and travels; United States. Navy. East India Squadron; United States; United States Naval Expedition to Japan (1852-1854)
Other titles: United States Japan Expedition
Notes: Indexes.

On spine: United States Japan Expedition.

At head of title of v. 2: 33d Congress, 2d session. Senate. Ex. Doc. No. 79.

Vol. 3 also published as Senate doc. 79, 33d Congress, 2d session.

"List of charts of the United States Japan Expedition" (15 fold sheets)--issued in portfolio, to accompany v. 2.

Vol. 2 (Natural history reports)--by D.S. Green and others; v. 3 has title: Observation of the zodiacal light, from April 2, 1853 to April 22, 1855, made chiefly on board the United States Steam-Frigate Mississippi ... with conclusions from the data thus obtained, by George Jones.

"Published by order of the Congress of the United States."--Cover of volume I.

Reproduction of the original from the Bryn Mawr College Library.
Table of contents: title: Vol. 1. Narrative ... compiled from the original notes and journals of Commodore Perry and his officers, at his request, and under his supervision, by Francis L. Hawks. Vol. 2. [Natural history reports] by D.S. Green and others.; title: Vol. 3. Observations on the zodiacal light from April2, 1853 to April 22, 1855 ... with conclusions from the data thus obtained, by Rev. George Jones.