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Perry Expedition (1853)

On the Meiji Japan and post-Soviet Russia map as “Perry at Uraga”

8 Jul 1853 — Commodore Matthew Perry anchors four American warships, two of them steamships, off Uraga and refuses to go to Nagasaki. He hands over President Fillmore’s letter asking for coal, care for shipwrecked sailors and trade, and promises to return for an answer.

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Turning point
Chapter
Black Ships and the opening of Japan (chapter 2 of Meiji Japan and post-Soviet Russia)
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Remaking the State: Meiji Japan 1600–1912 and Post-Soviet Russia 1964–2000
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Map showing Perry Expedition (1853), turning point in Remaking the State: Meiji Japan 1600–1912 and Post-Soviet Russia 1964–2000
TURNING POINT · REMAKING THE STATE: MEIJI JAPAN 1600–1912 AND POST-SOVIET RUSSIA 1964–2000

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