Author: Sewall, John S., edited by Arthur Power Dudden,
Title: The Logbook of the Captaini's Clerk: adventures in the China Seas.
Description: Chicago, Lakeside Press/Donnelley, 1995. VG. American expeditions of mid-19th century that culminated in the establishment of diplomatic and trade relations with Japan. Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry, U.S.N., accepted the difficult task of opening Japan to the West and succeeded through meticulous planning, a show of force and excellent diplomatic skills. With the Treaty of Kanagawa, Perry set in motion the process whereby Western idea, commerce, and trade eventually penetrated Japan.

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