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 - ECU Libraries Catalog

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.

Author/creator	Perry, Matthew Calbraith, 1794-1858
Other author/creator	Lilly, Lambert, compiler.
Other author/creator	Jones, George, 1800-1870.
Other author/creator	United States. Congress (33rd, 2nd session : 1856)
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Washington : Beverley Tucker, printer, 1856.
Description	3 volumes : illustrations, charts, maps, plates (including15 folded charts, maps) ; 29 cm.
Subject(s)	United States. Navy. East India Squadron. United States Naval Expedition to Japan (1852-1854) Voyages and travels. Japan--Description and travel. South China Sea--Description and travel.

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Series	United States. 33d Cong., 2d sess. Senate. Ex. doc. ; no. 79 Senate executive document (United States. Congress. Senate) ; 33rd Congress, 2nd session, no. 79. ^A314629
Contents	Vol. 1. Narrative ... compiled from the original notes and journals of Commodore Perry and his officers, at his request, and under his supervision, by Francis L. Hawks. -- Vol. 2. [Natural history reports] by D.S. Green and others. -- Vol. 3. 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.
Local note	Joyner Rare copy has armorial bookplate in all three volumes, with name "Penhallow." Includes plate of bathing scene in v. 1.
General note	Indexes.
General note	On spine: United States Japan Expedition.
General note	At head of title of v. 2: 33d Congress, 2d session. Senate. Ex. Doc. No. 79.
General note	Vol. 3 also published as Senate doc. 79, 33d Congress, 2d session.
General note	"List of charts of the United States Japan Expedition" (15 folded sheets)--bound at back of v. 2.
Acquisitions source	Joyner Rare copy purchased from Broadfoot Publishing, 3/2/2021
Genre/form	Lithographs 1856.
Genre/form	Lithographs Hand-colored 1856.
Genre/form	Wood engravings 1856.
Other title	United States Japan Expedition.
Govt. docs number	Y 1.1/2:SERIAL 769-771
Govt. docs number	Y 1.1/2:SERIAL 802-804

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