Commodore Perry in Japan
By: by the editors of American heritage, the magazine of history. Author: Robert L. Reynolds. Consultant: Douglas MacArthur II.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: American heritage junior library
Publisher: American Heritage Pub. Co.; book trade and institutional distribution by Harper & Row
Published: 1963
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 153
Other titles: American heritage.
Description: Chronicles Matthew Perry's expedition to open Japan to world trade in the middle of the nineteenth century, describing the arduous diplomatic negotiations which finally led to the Treaty at Kanagawa. Illustrated with contemporary paintings which depict the imaginative reactions of Japanese artists to Perry's fleet.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 149.