The American naval officer Matthew Calbraith Perry (1794-1858) is best known for the treaty he negotiated with Japan, which first opened that country to the Western world.Matthew C. Perry was born on ...
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American naval officer Matthew Calbraith Perry was the commander of the expedition of "black ships" that opened Japan to the West in 1854 after more than two hundred years of isolation. Often confused...
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In 1853, Commodore Matthew Perry sailed to Japan to open trade for the US and to get Japan to agree to aid shipwrecked sailors who washed up on the islands' shores. The Japanese government rejected...
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Matthew Calbraith Perry
Matthew Perry
