The Japan Expedition
Subtitle: Japan and Around the World; an Account of Three Visits to the Japanese Empire, with Sketches of Madeira, St. Helena, Cape of Good ... Ceylon, Singapore, China, and Loo-Choo
Publisher: Adamant Media Corporation
Published: November 30, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9781402187896
Subjects: Japan,expedition,Japanese Empire,Madeira,St. Helena,Cape of Good Hope,Mauritius,Ceylon,Singapore,China,Loo-Choo,Spalding; History / Asia; History / Far East
First sentence: THE cruel treatment which had long been practised by that singular and secluded people, the Japanese, toward American whalers who were thrown by the misfortune of shipwreck upon their coasts, the incentive of mercantile cupidity, and the urgency of personal ambition, induced the government of the United States, in 1852, to project an expedition to Japan, to obtain some assurance from the government of the country against a continuance or repetition of the inhospitality and cruelty inflicted upon our unfortunate citizens, and, if possible, to open the sources of trade.