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Commodore Perry in Japan (1963)

Commodore Perry in Japan (1963)

Children Literary Fiction

Robert L. Reynolds

Year: 1963
Authors: Robert L. Reynolds
Print type: BOOK

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.