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Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China Seas and Japan : performed in the years 1852, 1853, and 1854, under the command of Commodore M.C. Perry, United States Navy, by order of the Government of the United States / compiled from the original notes and journals of Commodore Perry and his officers, at his request, and under his supervision, by Francis L. Hawks, D.D., L.L.D. ; with numerous illustrations.
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- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Perry, Matthew Calbraith, 1794-1858, author.
- Series:
- Senate executive document (United States. Congress. Senate) ; 33rd Congress, 2nd session, no. 79.
- United States congressional serial set ; 769-771.
- United States congressional serial set ; 802-804.
- Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Maps and Travel Literature.
- United States. 33d Cong., 2d sess. Senate. Ex. doc. ; no. 79
- United States congressional serial set ; 769-771
- United States congressional serial set ; 802-804
- Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Maps and Travel Literature
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Navy. East India Squadron.
- United States.
- United States Naval Expedition to Japan (1852-1854).
- United States Naval Expedition to Japan.
- Japan--Description and travel.
- Japan.
- South China Sea--Description and travel.
- South China Sea.
- Voyages and travels.
- South China Sea Region.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (3 volumes) : illustrations, maps, portraits, plans.
- Manufacture:
- Washington : Beverley Tucker, Senate printer, 1856.
- Other Title:
- United States Japan Expedition
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1856]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Vol. 1. Narrative ... compiled from the original notes and journals of Commodore Perry and his officers, at his request, and under his supervision, by Francis L. Hawks. Vol. 2. [Natural history reports] by D.S. Green and others.
- Vol. 3. Observations on the zodiacal light from April2, 1853 to April 22, 1855 ... with conclusions from the data thus obtained, by Rev. George Jones.
- Notes:
- Indexes.
- On spine: United States Japan Expedition.
- At head of title of volume 2: 33d Congress, 2d session. Senate. Ex. Doc. No. 79.
- Vol. 3 also published as Senate doc. 79, 33d Congress, 2d session.
- "List of charts of the United States Japan Expedition" (15 fold sheets)--issued in portfolio, to accompany volume 2.
- Vol. 2 (Natural history reports)--by D.S. Green and others; volume 3 has title: Observation of the zodiacal light, from April 2, 1853 to April 22, 1855, made chiefly on board the United States Steam-Frigate Mississippi ... with conclusions from the data thus obtained, by George Jones.
- "Published by order of the Congress of the United States."--Cover of volume I.
- Reproduction of the original from the Bryn Mawr College Library.
- Local Notes:
- Reproduced from source library: volumes I-II.
- OCLC:
- 727232831
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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