Shaping a maritime empire : the commercial and diplomatic role of the American Navy, 1829-1861 / John H. Schroeder. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1985. DESCRIPT. 229 p., [1] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. SERIES Contributions in military studies ; no. 48. SUBJECT United States --History, Naval --To 1900. United States. Navy --History --19th century. United States --Commerce --History --19th century. NOTE Bibliography: p. [191]-214."Notes on sources": p. [215]-219.Includes index. CL Book Stacks 973 S381s
Magnificent voyagers : the U.S. exploring expedition, 1838-1842 / by Herman J. Viola and Carolyn Margolis, editors ; with the assistance of Jan S. Danis and Sharon D. Galperin.Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Press, 1985. DESCRIPT. 303 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 29 cm. SUBJECT United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842) NOTE Maps on lining papers.Bibliography: p. 271-285. Includes index. CL Book Stacks 973.57 M197
Exploring the West / by Herman J. Viola. Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Books ; New York : Trade distribution by H.N. Abrams, c1987. DESCRIPT. 256 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm. SUBJECT West (U.S.) --Discovery and exploration. West (U.S.) --Description and travel. NOTE Includes index. CL Book Stacks 978.02 V795e
Exploration of the valley of the Amazon, made under direction of the Navy department, by Wm. Lewis Herndon and Lardner Gibbon. Washington, R. Armstrong [etc.] public printer, 1854. Series title: Senate executive document (United States. Congress (33d, 1st session : 1853-1854). Senate) 33d Congress, 1st session, no. 53. UCSD Central F2546 .H551 Spec Coll Rare UCSD Central XX 568 LAC no. 21254 Current Periodical Microform
Explorations made in the valley of the river Madeira, from 1749 to 1868 / George E. Church. [London] : Published for the National Bolivian navigation company, 1875. UCB Main F2546 .C5
Rear Admiral John Rodgers, 1812-1882./ Johnson, Robert Erwin./Annapolis, United States Naval Institute [1967] xiv, 426 p. illus., ports. 25 cm. Notes: Bibliographical references included in"Notes" (p. 385-399)"A bibliographical note": p. 401-410. Subjects: Rodgers, John, 1812-1882. United States. Navy -- Biography. Admirals -- United States -- Biography. United States -- History, Naval -- To 1900. UCSD Central E182.R68 J6
Gold braid and foreign relations : diplomatic activities of U.S.naval officers, 1798-1883 / David F. Long. Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, c1988. xvii, 502 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Notes: Includes index. Bibliography: p. [439]-483. Subjects: United States. Navy -- Officers -- Political activity -- History -- 19th century. Diplomats -- United States -- History -- 19th century. United States -- Foreign relations. UCSD Central E183.7 .L776 1988
U.S. Coast Survey vs. Naval Hydrographic Office : a 19th-century rivalry in science and politics / Thomas G. Manning. Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c1988. xii, 202 p. ; 24 cm. Series: History of American science and technology series. Notes: Includes index. Bibliography: p. 181-189. Subjects: U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey -- History -- 19th century. United States. Hydrographic Office -- History -- 19th century. UCSD Scripps VK597.U6 M36 1988
Old Bruin: Commodore Matthew C. Perry, 1794-1858; the American naval officer who helped found Liberia ../ Morison, Samuel Eliot, Boston, Little, Brown [1967] xxii, 482 p. illus., maps, ports. 24 cm. SUBJECT Perry, Matthew Calbraith, 1794-1858. NOTE "An Atlantic Monthly Press book." Bibliography: p. [451]-465. CL Book Stacks 952.025 P464zm
With Perry at sea : the United States Navy and American expansion / Mark Russell Shulman and George A. Miles. New Haven, CT : Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, c1993. 25 p. : ill. ; 14 x 23 cm. Notes: Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library from April 23 until June 30, 1993. Subjects: Perry, Oliver Hazard, 1785-1819. Perry, Matthew Calbraith, 1794-1858. United States. Navy -- History -- 19th century. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library -- Exhibitions. UCB Bancroft p Z5883 .E9 1993 no.19
China and Japan: being a narrative of the cruise of the U.S. steam-frigate Powhatan, in the years 1857, '58, '59, and '60. Including an account of the Japanese embassy to the United States ... By Lieut. James D. Johnston. Philadelphia, C. Desilver; Baltimore, Cushings & Bailey, 1860, 1861. CSL State Lib 915.1 J72 General Coll (Calif State Library General Collection 914 Capitol Mall, Room 300, Sacramento, CA 95814; (916) 654-0261)
Americans in Antarctica, 1775-1948. by Bertrand, Kenneth J. ,New York: American Geographical Society, 1971. 554 pp.
Yankee Surveyors in the Shogun's Sea: Records of the United States Surveying Expedition to the North Pacific Ocean 1853-1856. by Cole, Allan B. , Princeton, N.J.: Princeton Univ. Press, 1947. 161 pp. (Reprinted 1969 by Greenwood).
Twenty Years Before the Mast: With the More Thrilling Scenes and Incidents While Circumnavigating the Globe Under the Command of the Late Admiral Charles Wilkes, 1838-1842. by Erskine, Charles. ; Boston: Charles Erskine, 1890. 311 pp. (Reprinted 1985 by Smithsonian Institution Press). A sailor's memoirs of service in the flagship Vincennes.
Arctic Explorations: The Second Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin, 1853, '54, '55. Philadelphia: Childs & Peterson, 1856. 2 vols. by Kane, Elisha K.; (Reprinted 1971 by Arno as Arctic Explorations in 1853, 1854, 1855; microfiche edition by University Microfilms). Naval officer, physician, and explorer, Kane was assigned to special duty to command the expedition.
Narrative of the United States' Expedition to the River Jordan and the Dead Sea. 6th ed. by Lynch, William F.; Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard, 1849. 509 pp.
The Japan Expedition, 1852-1854: The Personal Journal of Commodore Matthew C. Perry. Edited by Roger Pineau. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1968. 241 pp.
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. Edited by Francis L. Hawks. New York: Appleton, 1857. 3 vols. (Reprinted 1968 by Arno).
The Opening of Japan: A Diary of Discovery in the Far East, 1853-1856. From the Original Manuscript in the Massachusetts Historical Society written by George H. Preble. Edited by Boleslaw Szczesniak. Norman: Univ. of Oklahoma Press, 1962. 453 pp.
The Great United States Exploring Expedition of 1838-1842. by Stanton, William.; Berkeley: Univ. of California Press, 1975. 433 pp.
The Black Ship Scroll: An Account of the Perry Expedition at Shimoda in 1854 and the Lively Beginnings of People-to-People Relations Between Japan & America. 2d ed. by Statler, Oliver. ; Rutland, Vt.: C. E. Tuttle, 1964. 80 pp.
The Wilkes Expedition: The First United States Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842. by Tyler, David B. ; Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1968. 435 pp.
Black Ships Off Japan: The Story of Commodore Perry's Expedition. by Walworth, Arthur. ; New York: Knopf, 1946. 277 pp. (Reprinted 1966 by Shoestring).
American Activities in the Central Pacific, 1790-1870: A History, Geography, and Ethnography Pertaining to American Involvement and Americans in the Pacific Taken From Contemporary Newspapers. edited by Ward, Ralph G.; Ridgewood, N.J.: Gregg Press, 1966-1971. 8 vols.
Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1845. 5 vols. by Wilkes, Charles.; (Reprinted 1970 by Gregg).
Wilkes, Charles. "Absence of All Authority". Summary: In 1841, U.S. Exploring Expedition Lieutenant Charles Wilkes observed the foreign province of California in the context of and in contrast to older, more orderly countries he also scrutinized during this Expedition's four-year round-the-world cruise. The details of the chaos recorded by this astute young Navy officer are fascinating in themselves, but become even more informative when read as the backdrop against which the peculiar law and order problems of Mexican Yerba Buen a and early American San Francisco played themselves out, as described in Kevin Mullen's articles. In: The Californians : the magazine of California history JAN 01 1990 v 7 n 5 Page: 52
May, Robert E. "Young American Males and Filibustering in the Age of Manifest Destiny: The United States Army as a Cultural Mirror." In: The journal of american history. DEC 01 1991 v 78 n 3 Page: 857
Baigell, Matthew. "Territory, Race, Religion. Images of Manifest Destiny." In: Smithsonian studies in American art Sumr 1990 v 4 n 3 / 4 Page: 3
Brown, Jennifer. ULTIMATE RESPECTABILITY: FUR-TRADE CHILDREN IN THE"CIVILIZED WORLD." Beaver (Canada) 1977 308(3): 4-10; 1978 308(4): 48-55. DOCUMENT TYPE: ARTICLE ABSTRACT: Part I. By the 1840's, most clerks and administrators of the Hudson's Bay Company began to send their children away for an education, because the Red River Academy was thought inadequate. Some went to England and Scotland, and others to Montreal and vicinity. The mixed-blood heritage did not seem to be a problem; there were too few of them in Britain to lead to any generalizing, and in the towns around Montreal, Metis were relatively commonplace. Two major problems faced the fathers. Because of the size of their families, they often had to select one or a few for education, leaving the others illiterate and untrained. It was also difficult to"place" their children. Some company officials favored finding a relative in eastern Canada or Britain, while others felt that strangers could provide the best attitude and environment for their children. Based on author's Ph.D. thesis, U. of Chicago; 7 illus. Part II. A few of the Metis children could not adjust to society in eastern Canada. Ranald McDonald, after a boring apprenticeship in a bank, became a sailor and managed to get to Japan,"the land of his ancestors." He spent a few years there in the 1840's, teaching several people English; they later served as interpreters when Commodore Perry arrived in the 1850's. McDonald eventually settled in British Columbia and Washington, and died in 1894. In the 1830's, a dozen or so Metis children, studying in eastern Canada, became temporarily infatuated with Dickson's call to arms; a Metis and Indian kingdom would be founded in California. This proved abortive, and the remnants of the group adjusted to life in Canada. The bulk of these fur trade children do not appear to have suffered for their mixed racial backgrounds. In eastern Canada they became clerks, teachers, farmers, or businessmen. It is true that family reputation and"gentleman" status were highly regarded, but it is also true that individual achievement was a major determinant in the careers of these children of mixed blood. 10 illus. (abstract from AMERICA: HISTORY AND LIFE by D. Chaput )
Craddock, Steven Culver. TO THE HONOR AND CREDIT OF THE COUNTRY": A HISTORY OF THE WARSHIPS MISSISSIPPI. Journal of Mississippi History 1992 54(2): 129-148. NOTE: Based on current ship records, Civil War materials, and primary and secondary sources; 90 notes. DOCUMENT TYPE: ARTICLE ABSTRACT: Gives a capsule history of the five warships that have borne the name Mississippi, and their significance to American naval history. The first vessel (1839) saw action in the Mexican War, served as Matthew Perry's flagship in opening Japan, and met its demise in 1863 during the Civil War, while the current vessel, a nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser, saw action in operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. In between, the vessels christened Mississippi were an ill-fated Confederate ironclad, a turn-of-the-century battleship, and a New Mexico- class battleship that operated in both world wars. During World War II, the vessel engaged in significant offensive actions in both the Atlantic and Pacific. (abstract from AMERICA: HISTORY AND LIFE by M. S. Legan )
Farney, Dennis. MEET THE MEN WHO RISKED THEIR LIVES TO FIND NEW PLANTS. Smithsonian 1980 11(3): 128-140. DOCUMENT TYPE: ARTICLE ABSTRACT: Since Matthew Perry opened Japan in 1853, American plant collectors have scoured foreign lands for plants to import as ornamentals or to improve agricultural lines. Among the most important collectors was the Agriculture Department's Frank N. Meyer, who introduced more than 1,000 species from China during 1890-1918. On the expedition during which he died, Meyer collected seeds from the callery pear, which were planted in the United States. In 1950, John Creech of the Agriculture Department, also a plant collector, found one of the trees, cloned it, and renamed it the Bradford pear. It has become a popular ornamental.
Hill, Steven. COMMODORE JOHN P. GILLIS: DELAWARE'S"OTHER" CIVIL WAR NAVAL HERO. Delaware History 1987 22(3): 186-203. NOTE: Based on Gillis's journals and letters; 6 illus., 30 notes. DOCUMENT TYPE: ARTICLE ABSTRACT: Describes the life and career of John P. Gillis of Delaware. He rose from midshipman to commodore while serving in the US Navy from 1826 to 1872. The author follows Gillis's travels from the Florida coast to Argentina and Brazil, and discusses Gillis's role in the Mexican War and the Civil War, in which he participated in the ferrying of federal forces from Fort Sumter and took part in the Port Royal expedition. The author also describes Gillis's trip with Matthew Perry to Japan and the transition from sail to steam in the navy that occurred during his career. (abstract from AMERICA: HISTORY AND LIFE by R. M. Miller )
Lindsey, David. PERRY IN JAPAN. American History Illustrated 1978 13(5): 4-8, 44-49. DOCUMENT TYPE: ARTICLE ABSTRACT: Describes the intricate diplomatic maneuvering by Matthew C. Perry, resulting in US initiation of trade and diplomatic relations with Japan, 1853.
Morrow, James. OPENING THE DOOR: THE MORROW JOURNAL. American History Illustrated 1978 13(5): 40-42. DOCUMENT TYPE: ARTICLE ABSTRACT: Excerpts from the travel diaries of Dr. James Morrow, an agriculturalist who accompanied the Matthew Perry expedition into Japan in 1854, offer impressions of Japan and relate Japanese reaction to a miniature steam locomotive and telegraph line and other inventions.
Rosenstone, Robert A. LEARNING FROM THOSE "IMITATIVE" JAPANESE: ANOTHER SIDE OF THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE IN THE MIKADO'S EMPIRE. American Historical Review 1980 85(3): 572-595. DOCUMENT TYPE: ARTICLE ABSTRACT: Although the stereotype of the Japanese as an imitative people goes back at least as far as the Perry expedition, it has always been counterbalanced by the opposite view, that Japan was a nation from which the United States might learn. Examines that strong theme among American residents of 19th-century Japan and says that they-missionaries, scientists, journalists, diplomats, and artists-found much to admire in Japanese culture. Yet, when admiration became a desire for emulation, the Americans were confronted with a paradox. The potential lessons of Japan in the realms of art, manners, morals, and behavior were so human and personal, so culture-specific, that they could not be transported home. For this reason, the lessons always remained largely in the realm of discourse rather than behavior. Based on published and archival diaries, memoirs, and travel accounts of American residents in Japan; 5 illus., 63 notes.
Shewmaker, Kenneth E. FORGING THE "GREAT CHAIN": DANIEL WEBSTER AND THE ORIGINS OF AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY TOWARD EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC, 1841-1852. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 1985 129(3): 225-259. NOTE: 160 notes, biblio. DOCUMENT TYPE: ARTICLE ABSTRACT: Examines and assesses Daniel Webster's career as a diplomat, thus providing a general reevaluation of his career and his pivotal role in originating American foreign policy toward East Asia and the Pacific, a policy that culminated in Perry's opening of Japan. Webster's initiatives toward Hawaii, China, and Japan had a lasting impact, and tell much about the nature of American foreign policy in the antebellum years. His diplomacy focused more on commercial rather than political expansion. (abstract from AMERICA: HISTORY AND LIFE by H. M. Parker, Jr. )