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 M. C. Perry, by Order of the Government of the United States. Compiled from Original Documents.

Title: 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 ... by order of the Government of the United States. Compiled from the original notes and journals of Commodore Perry and his officers ... by F. L. Hawks, etc. [With plates, including maps.]

Publisher: British Library, Historical Print Editions

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British Library
Hawks, Francis Lister.; Perry, Matthew Calbraith
1856
3 vol.; 4°.
10057.f.22.