Object details
Accession number
8.b.3.2
Primary Creator
Matthew Calbraith Perry
(South Kingstown, Rhode Island, 1794 - 1858, New York)
Full title
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
Creation Date
1856
Language
English
Publication Place
Washington
Description
2 v. : ill., facsims., maps (17 folded), ports. ; 30 cm. (Hollis rec. 011886235)
Display Media
Ink on paper
Web Commentary
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Permanent Gallery Location
Long Gallery
Bibliography
Isabella Stewart Gardner. A Choice of Books from the Library of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Fenway Court (Boston, 1906), pp. 53-54.
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