On July 8, 1853, Commodore Matthew Perry of the United States Navy, commanding a squadron of two steamers and two sailing vessels, sailed into Tōkyō harbor aboard the frigate Susquehanna. Perry, on ...
was presented with a replica of the Stars and Stripes flag that his ancestor received from Matthew Perry (1794-1858), commodore of the U.S. Navy who visited the island in 1853. The original flag ...
Commodore Matthew Perry’s expedition to Japan in 1853 changed the course of the nation’s history. Long into the 19th century Japan had been regarded by a growing group of Western nations as a ‘hermit ...
Commodore Matthew Perry may not have enjoyed the ... The urgent request sought delivery of the flag from Perry’s 1853 Tokyo ...
On July 8, 1853, Commodore Matthew Perry of the United States Navy, commanding a squadron of two steamers and two sailing vessels, sailed into Tôkyô harbor aboard the frigate Susquehanna and forced ...
Matthew Perry. Those are other factors that make Perry ... (Although a tiny number of their ancestors in 1853-54 wanted more contact with the West, the vast majority hated the idea.) ...