Perry's Expedition to Japan
Comm. Matthew C. Perry's Narrative of the Expedition of American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan, was published in 1856. This was one of the first successful voyages to Japan when the country began to open their ports to foreigners in 1854. Artists William Heine and Eliphalet Brown traveled with Perry and their sketches were later printed with the lithographic processes by P. S. Duval & Co.
Author/Director: Comm. Matthew C. Perry
Artists: William Heine and Eliphalet Brown
Publisher: Sarony & Co., NY, Ackerman Litho., NY, P. S. Duval & Co.
Medium: Lithography
Date: 1856
Page Size: 8 5/8" x 11 ¼"
Condition: Very Good.
$65 each
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Whampoa Pagoda & Anchorage
Various Chinese Implements
Tatsnoski, Second Interpreter
Lew Chew Costumes, Middle Class
Deputy of the Prince of Matsmay
Chinese Irrigating Machine
Chief Magistrate of Napha
Chief Interpreter Moryamo Yenoski
Bungo or Prefect Hahodadi
Afternoon Gossip Lew Chew
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View of Hong Kong from East Point
View of Hakodadi from Snow Peak
U.S. Stream Frigate Mississippi
Temple of Hat-Chi-Man-Ya-Chu-Ro, Simoda
Simoda from Vandalia Bluff
Simoda from the American grave yard
Reception at the Castle of Shui
Napha from Bamboo Village
Mauritius from the ''Pouce''
Mariners Temple at Simoda
Light House, Point de Galle, Ceylon
Japanese Soldiers at Yokuhama
Japanese Funeral at Simoda
Hakodadi from Telegraph Hill
First Landing at Gorahama
Enterance to a Temple at Hakotadi
Devotions in the Great Temple Simoda
Delivery of the President's Letter
Comm. Perry's visit to Shui, Lew Chew
Bridge of cut stone & entrance to a Temple
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