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Your search for: commodore AND matthew AND perry


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Books on: commodore matthew perry

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Journal Articles on: commodore matthew perry

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Newspaper Articles on: commodore matthew perry

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    Today in History
    Newspaper article; The Daily Mercury (Mackay, Australia), March 31, 2010
    Subjects: 
    Japanese foreign relations
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...English poet and prominent churchman. * 1837 -Death of English landscape painter John Constable. * 1854 -US Commodore Matthew Perry makes first treaty with Japan, opening two Japanese ports to trade with outside world. * 1855 -Death of Charlotte...
     
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    Left out of Clinton Address, Japan Frets: Speech Mentioned China, S. Korea
    Newspaper article by Willis Witter; The Washington Times, February 7, 1997
    Subjects: 
    Japan
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...ship," said Shozo Azuma, an opposition lawmaker in Japans parliament. He was referring to the black ships of Commodore Matthew Perry, who forced Japan at gunpoint to open up to the outside world in 1854. Even if Mr. Clintons slight was unintentional...
     
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    The Invasion
    Newspaper article; The Observer (Gladstone, Australia), June 27, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...fresh wave in the early 1970s was dubbed the "kurofune" or "black ships", a reference to the fleet of US Commodore Matthew Perry who forced Japan to open its doors in 1854. In the 1990s, two Argentines arrived, followed by what has been...
     
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    Festival Begins despite Snow, Chill
    Newspaper article; The Washington Times, March 31, 2003
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...presented on the 100th anniversary of the first treaty between Japan and the United States, signed by U.S. Commodore Matthew Perry on March 31, 1854. The lantern is one of two that stood on Ueno Park grounds in Tokyo. The cherry trees now...
     
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    The Americans' Commercial Appeal: U.S. Celebrities Omnipresent in Japanese Ads
    Newspaper article by Brian Fannin; The Washington Times, April 12, 1996
    Subjects: 
    Japan
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...almost completely closed off from the rest of the world - one race, one language, one culture. When the American Commodore Matthew Perry came with his warships, people were very surprised to see foreigners," he says. "Now there are many foreigners...
     

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Encyclopedia Articles on: commodore matthew perry

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    Perry, Matthew Calbraith
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    PERRY, MATTHEW CALBRAITH 1794 1858, American...brother of Oliver Hazard Perry. Appointed a midshipman...Revenge and then was aide to Commodore John Rodgers on the President...been formally declared. Perry saw little action in that...
     
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    Japanese Spaniel
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...and white. Traditionally given as the gift of emperors, the Japanese spaniel was introduced into the West by Commodore Matthew Perry in the mid-19th cent. Today it is a popular house pet. See dog . ____________________ Copyright...
     
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    Ryukyu Islands
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...the Japanese prince of Satsuma invaded the islands, which thereafter paid tribute to both Japan and China. Commodore Matthew Perry of the U.S. navy landed in the Ryukyus in 1853. The entire archipelago was incorporated into the Japanese...
     
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    Harris, Townsend
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...he arrived at Shimoda in 1856, the first U.S. diplomat in Japan after that country had been opened up by Commodore Matthew C. Perry. In 1859, Harris was raised to be minister. Having previously negotiated a commercial treaty with Siam...
     
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    Pierce, Franklin
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...Santo Domingo, and purchase Alaska ended fruitlessly. One achievement, the successful Japanese expedition of Commodore Matthew C. Perry , had been initiated in Millard Fillmores administration. On the domestic scene Pierce stood for development...
     

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