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.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Perry, Matthew Calbraith, 1794-1858.

Contributor:

Hawks, Francis L. (Francis Lister), 1798-1866.

Jones, George, 1800-1870.

United States. Navy Department.

United States. Congress 1853-1855)

Series:

Ex. doc. (United States. Congress. House) ; 33rd Congress, 2nd session, no. 97.

Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Science, Technology, and Medicine, Part I.

33d Cong., 2d sess. House of Representatives. Ex. doc. ; no. 97

Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Science, Technology, and Medicine, Part I

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States Naval Expedition to Japan (1852-1854).

United States Naval Expedition to Japan.

Japan--Description and travel.

Japan.

United States--Foreign relations--Japan.

United States.

Japan--Foreign relations--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (3 v.) : ill. (some fold.), maps (17 fold.), ports., facsims.

Other Title:

Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China seas and Japan

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : A.O.P. Nicholson, 1856.

Contents:

v. 1. Narrative of the expedition / compiled by F.L. Hawks from the journals of Perry and his officers

v. 2. [Natural history reports / D.S. Green and others]

v. 3. Observations on the zodiacal light / Rev. George Jones.

Notes:

Includes index.

Reproduction of the original from the Library of Congress.

OCLC:

1111181417