"Published by order of the Congress of the United States."

At head of title of v. 2, 3: 33d Cong., 2d sess. House of Representatives. Ex doc. no. 79.

Includes indexes.

"List of charts of the United States Japan Expedition" (15 folded sheets) issued in portfolio, to accompany volume 2.

United States. 33d Cong., 2d sess. Senate. Ex. doc. ; no. 79

v. 1. Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China seas and Japan, performed in the years 1852, 1853 and 1854, under the command of Commodore M.C. Perry, United States Navy by order of the government of the United States / compiled from the original notes and journals of Commodore Perry and his officers, at his request, and under his supervision by Francis L. Hawks, D.D.L.L.D.

v. 2. [Natural history reports / D.S. Green and others] ; Sailing directions and nautical remarks by officers of the late United States Naval Expedition to Japan ; Appendix ; Facsimile of Japanese version of treaty of Ka-na-ga-wa

v. 3. Observations on the zodiacal light from April 2, 1853, to April 22, 1855 made chiefly on board the United States steam-frigate Mississippi with conclusions from the data thus obtained / Rev. George Jones.

United States > Foreign relations > Japan.

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Lithographs - 1856.

Lithographs - Hand-colored - 1856.

Wood engravings - 1856.