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; 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
Subjects: United States Naval Expedition to Japan, 1852-1854
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