With Commodore Perry to Japan: The Journal of William Speiden Jr., 1852-1855 - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1612512380 ISBN 13 : 9781612512389

Editeur : Naval Institute Press, 2014

Synopsis

With Commodore Perry to Japan offers a personal account of Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry’s expedition to Japan through the eyes of a sixteen-year-old purser’s clerk of the USS Mississippi. The documentary edition, endorsed by the National Historic Publications & Records Commission, provides excellent coverage of both the political mission of the Perry expedition, the opening of relations with Japan, and of the social history of a naval warship as well. Also included are fifty-five illustrations ranging from hand drawn, pen-and-ink scenes of everyday life sketched by Speiden and other members of the crew to exquisitely colored and detailed pith paintings by Chinese artists.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

John A. Wolter is a former chief of the Library of Congress Geography and Map Division.

David A. Ranzan is the University Archivist at Salisbury University, USA. The late John J. McDonough was a manuscript historian at the Library of Congress from 1961 to 1998.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Naval Institute Press
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1612512380
• ISBN 13: 9781612512389
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Éditeur: Speiden Estate Of William, Ranzan David A, McDonough USNR John J.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible