A Large Format Illustrated Composite Scroll 393 X 4750 Mm Beige Silk Outer Front Endpaper With A

by Black Ship Scroll Perry S Second Expedition

$39,500 · Offered by Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller

Japan: ca. 1854-55 . An impressively assembled scroll that portrays the second American expedition to Japan February-March 1854 , led by Commodore Perry; much of it is focused on the American vessels that anchored menacingly off the coast. Seven of the nine ships in the American fleet are carefully portrayed, with notes on the estimated numbers of cannons and crewmembers. Steam-powered ships, with black smoke gushing from the stacks and rows of powerful

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