Robert Danby journal
Language: eng
Subjects: Marine engineering; Weather; Mississippi (Side-wheel steamer); Description and travel; United States Naval Expedition to Japan (1852-1854)
Description: Journal kept by Danby, an engineer on the side-wheel steamer Mississippi, a flagship of the U.S. naval expedition to Japan, 1852-1854, led by Commodore Matthew C. Perry.  Danby describes his work as an engineer, weather conditions, the route taken, and stops at ports of call including Hakodate-shi, Japan, the Ryuku (Loo Choo) Islands, Shanghai, China, and Shimoda-shi, Japan.
Notes: Open to research.

Purchase, 1946.

Naval officer and engineer.

Collection material in English.