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- GLC#
- GLC04720.02.02-View header record
- Type
- Books & pamphlets
- Date
- 1856
- Author/Creator
- Perry, Matthew Calbraith, 1794-1858
- Title
- Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan, Performed in the Years 1852, 1853, and 1854... vol 2
- Place Written
- Washington, District of Columbia
- Pagination
- 1 v. Height: 30.2 cm, Width: 24.7 cm
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- Age of Jackson
Title continues: "Under the Command of Commodore M.C. Perry, United States Navy, by order of the Government of the Unites 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." Volume II has same title. Volume III titled: "Unites States Japan Expedition. Observations on the Zodiacal Light, from April 2, 1853, to April 22, 1855, made chiefly on board the United states Steam-Frigate Mississippi, during her late cruise in eastern seas, and her voyage homeward: with conclusions from the data thus obtained; by Rev. George Jones, A.M., Chaplain United States Navy. Three volumes with pasted-in presentation note signed by Perry. Includes all of the plates, except for the supressed "bathing plate" in vol. 1. Volume 2 has fourteen loose charts in a small portfolio (housed separately).
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