Object Details Author Houchins, Chang-su Subject Perry, Matthew Calbraith 1794-1858 United States Naval Expedition to Japan, 1852-1854 National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Dept. of Anthropology ...

At 1:30 p.m. on Nov. 24, 1852, 58-year-old Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry, aboard the coal-powered steam warship Mississippi, began his journey to Japan. With Perry were 382 other men, most of whom ...

It wasn’t a surprise. As early as 1852, a Dutch agent in Nagasaki had given a report to high-level Japanese officials describing an expedition led by Matthew Calbraith Perry, consisting of “two ...

Breaking Open Japan: Commodore Perry, Lord Abe, and American Imperialism in 1853 George Feifer. HarperCollins Publishers, $25.95 (389pp) ISBN 978-0-06-088432-1 ...

LOS ANGELES — Authorities have opened an investigation into how Matthew Perry received the supply of ketamine that killed him, police said Tuesday. Los Angeles police are working with the U.S ...