| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
New perspectives on maritime history and nautical archaeology |
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New perspectives on maritime history and nautical archaeology.
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| Contents |
1852 -- 1853 -- 1854 -- 1854 -- 1855 -- Appendix A : General orders -- Appendix B : Correspondence -- Appendix C : Ship's roster |
| Summary |
With Commodore Perry to Japan offers a personable account of Commodore Perry's expedition to Japan through the eyes of a sixteen-year-old purser's clerk of the Mississippi. The National Historic Publications & Records Commission (NHPRC) -endorsed documentary edition provides excellent coverage of both the political mission of the Perry expedition - the opening of relations with Japan - and of the social history of a naval warship as well. Speiden kept entries on a regular basis, although not always daily, and he filled more than three hundred, closely written pages dating from 9 March 1852 to |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher |
| Subject |
Speiden, William, Jr., 1835-1920 -- Diaries
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Perry, Matthew Calbraith, 1794-1858.
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| SUBJECT |
Perry, Matthew Calbraith, 1794-1858 fast |
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Speiden, William, Jr., 1835-1920 fast |
| Subject |
Mississippi (Side-wheel steamer)
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United States. Navy -- Sea life.
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United States. Navy -- Biography.
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| SUBJECT |
Mississippi (Side-wheel steamer) fast |
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United States. Navy fast |
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United States Naval Expedition to Japan (1852-1854) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2002022183
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United States Naval Expedition to Japan (1852-1854) fast |
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Sailors -- United States -- Diaries
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Coasts -- China -- Description and travel
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HISTORY -- Asia -- Japan.
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Armed Forces -- Sea life
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Diplomatic relations
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Sailors
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| SUBJECT |
Japan -- Foreign relations -- United States
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United States -- Foreign relations -- Japan.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140113
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| Subject |
China
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Japan
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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Diaries
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Wolter, John Amadeus, 1925- editor.
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Ranzan, David A., editor
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McDonough, John J., editor
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| LC no. |
2013035779 |
| ISBN |
9781612513379 |
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1612513379 |
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1612512380 |
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9781612512389 |
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