Yankee Surveyors in the Shogun's Seas (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780691627601)

When Commodore Perry opened Japan to the West, the U.S. Navy sent a surveying expedition to the North Pacific. The officers of that expedition, 1853-1856, recounted their experiences, and especially their dealings with the Japanese, in vivid and outspoken letters which are here reproduced for the first time. Entertaining reading, as well as important naval and diplomatic history.

Originally published in 1947.

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Author: Allan Burnett Cole
ISBN-10: 0691627606
ISBN-13: 9780691627601
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Language: English
Published: 12/08/2015
Pages: 170
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.54lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.36d