America's First Visit to Japan

America's First Visit to Japan
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ISBN-10 : 0692699015
ISBN-13 : 9780692699010
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Download or read book America's First Visit to Japan written by Scott Ridley and published by . This book was released on 2016-11-14 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History of the daring voyage of explorer John Kendrick and Captain William Douglass to the forbidden waters of Japan in 1791. Resulted in the first contact between Americans and Japanese. Based on a recently discovered 225 year old ship's log.


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