Commodore Perry's 1853 Japanese Expedition: How Whaling Influenced the Event that Revolutionized Japan

In July 1853, Commodore Matthew C. Perry illegally entered Tokyo Bay with a fleet of four American warships and challenged Japan's isolationist position towards the United States. This radical diplomatic effort concluded with a return voyage a year later and ended Japan's self-imposed iso...

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Main Author: Burcin, Terry
Other Authors: History
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/32698
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05132005-131722/