朝日新聞社2 年
Perry descendant travels to Tokyo isle with kin’s pocket watch
A descendant of Commodore Matthew C. Perry of “Black Ships” fame ... marking the year his namesake ancestor left the United States to force Japan to end more than two centuries of self ...
朝日新聞社2 年
Replica of Perry’s flag connects his descendant with kin of recipient
“As a descendant of Commodore Perry ... the United States after he was marooned off Japan’s coast. He was rescued by Whitfield who brought him back with him to the United States. Matthew ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN5 个月
To Mark Japan's Surrender at the End of World War II, This Navy Officer Raced Halfway ...
Commodore Matthew Perry may ... Sent by the United States to “coerce the government of Japan into civilization,” as one 1940s ...