Map of the Japan Islands copied from von Siebolds with slight additions & corrections, by the US Japan Expedition and other authorities. Compiled by order of Commodore M.C. Perry, USN by Lieuts. MC. Perry and Silas Bent. 1855

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lithographed map; overall 34 x 39 cm, image 30 x 36 cm. folds as issued; very thin paper; add. crease across lower left corner; some discolouration around edges and right part of the map; add. creases around vertical folds; some tiny marginal tears; o/w g cond. A very detailed map of Japan with part of Korea; from Hawk s 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. Mathew Galbraith Perry (1794-1858) was a Commodore of the United States Navy. He played a leading role in the opening of Japan to the West with the Convention of Kanagawa in 1854. In 1852, he was assigned a mission to open the ports of Japan to the American trade and to impose Western civilisation onto the Asian Nations. He left from Norfolk, VA, making port calls at Madeira, St.Helena, Cape Town,Mauritius, Ceylon, Singapore, Macao and Hong Kong before reaching Japan. N° de ref. del artículo 4550

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