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Yankee Surveyors in the Shogun's Seas
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Publishing Details
Full Title:
Yankee Surveyors in the Shogun's Seas
Contributors:
By (Author) Allan Burnett Cole
Series:
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Imprint:
Princeton University Press
Publication Date:
15th February 2016
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
Tertiary Education
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Other Subjects:
Diplomacy
Maritime history
History of the Americas
Dewey:
327.73052
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
170
Dimensions:
Width 152mm, Height 235mm
Weight:
227g
Description
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 importa
