With Commodore Perry to Japan: The Journal of William Speiden, Jr. (1852-1855) (New Perspectives in Maritime History and Nautical Archaeolog) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1612512380 ISBN 13: 9781612512389

Publisher: Naval Institute Press, 2013

Synopsis

With Commodore Perry to Japan offers a personal account of Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry's expedition to Japan through the eyes of a sixteen-year-old purser's clerk of the USS Mississippi. The documentary edition, endorsed by the National Historic Publications & Records Commission, 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. Also included are fifty-five illustrations ranging from hand drawn, pen-and-ink scenes of everyday life sketched by Speiden and other members of the crew to exquisitely detailed pith paintings by Chinese artists.

About this title

About the Author

John A. Wolter is a former chief of the Library of Congress Geography and Map Division. David A. Ranzan is the University Archivist at Salisbury University. The late John J. McDonough was a manuscript historian at the Library of Congress from 1961 to 1998.

Edition details

• Publisher: Naval Institute Press
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1612512380
• ISBN 13: 9781612512389
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320
• Editor: Speiden Estate Of William, Ranzan David A, McDonough USNR John J.